{"id":247,"date":"2011-03-02T23:44:39","date_gmt":"2011-03-03T03:44:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.auroraforce.org\/blog\/?p=247"},"modified":"2011-03-02T23:45:05","modified_gmt":"2011-03-03T03:45:05","slug":"vong-war-annals-support-systems-03-02-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.auroraforce.org\/blog\/?p=247","title":{"rendered":"Vong War Annals &#8211; &#8220;Support systems&#8221; 03.02.2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Tag touched Les\u2019s shoulder gently.\u00a0 The grip of the small woman was warm, firm, and she squeezed his shoulder before just letting her hand rest there.\u00a0 <em>He\u2019s more lost than I thought he was.\u00a0 Deeper into that dark place.\u00a0 I shouldn\u2019t have sent him home with his folks tonight.\u00a0 I should have made him come home with me.<\/em>\u00a0 She silently drew a deep breath and exhaled it slowly, finding her own center as she felt a fleeting sense of guilt that came from her, not from him.\u00a0 <em>Too late to change that now.<\/em><br \/>\n<!--more-->\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Karinlyyn tilted her head slightly, studying him from behind her mask.\u00a0 She cleared her throat softly, leaning against her staff.\u00a0 \u201cYou forgive her and you forgive yourself.\u00a0 Your death&#8230;would have been meaningless.\u00a0 Completely meaningless.\u00a0 She prevented that, though it came at a price for both of you.\u201d\u00a0 She paused, quiet for a long moment.\u00a0 She finally straightened, bouncing the staff from one hand over to the other.\u00a0 \u201cWhy did you do it?\u00a0 Do you even really know why you did it?\u201d<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Tag cleared her throat quietly, squeezed Les\u2019s shoulder again, and then went quiet once more.\u00a0 Her bicolored gaze focused on Karinlyyn for a long moment before flicking to Les.\u00a0 Her voice is very quiet, almost too quiet to be heard.\u00a0 \u201cRegardless of your answer, Les, you\u2019ll still have us, and your family, and this unit.\u00a0 We don\u2019t throw people away just because they flirt with the Dark Side.\u00a0 We\u2019d lose too many good people that way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>~ Erin<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>Share<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;\"><ul><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Vong%20War%20Annals%20-%20%22Support%20systems%22%2003.02.2011&body=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.auroraforce.org%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D247&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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