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"I suppose I kind of deserved it when you pushed me into that rift. I [i]had[/i] almost killed innocent people."

[i][color=C71585]"I don't think you're a bad person, Claudia..."[/color][/i] Said Gabriel. [i][color=C71585]"But you think, say and do terrible things a bit too often."[/color][/i]

"Maybe you should consider the possibility that we're looking at things through different lenses?" She said, grabbing the 'gift' from Gabriel's hand. "You spend your time either doing the smallest things or protecting the galaxies alongside the others in far away worlds. I'm the only one of the two who actually picks the big battles taking place right on Earth."

[i][color=C71585]"The moment you pick a side in those battles, though, you're making a political decision."[/color][/i]

"Of course I'm making a political decision," she said. "But so are you, you dumbfuck. The only difference is that your political decisions when it comes to Earth boil down to doing the bare minimum because you're scared of your own convictions."

[i][color=C71585]"Claudia, I'm a bisexual Christian socialist who joined a libertarian commune of space wizards. If I start making major decisions on Earth, I'm definitely going to alienate a lot of people."[/color][/i]

He sighed.

[i][color=C71585]"You don't have that problem, because you're always on the 'right' side. You're on the side of the people who just want things to be 'normal' and comfortable. But what if what's 'normal' is actually awful in its own right?"[/color][/i]

She said nothing.

He said nothing.

They let a couple minutes pass, gazed at the auroras some more, then simultaneously decided that it was time to do what they had come here to do.
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Tour de Force!

I didn't know whether to like it, laugh with it or give thanks for it, so I did all three.  Fantastic post!