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|| Dear Winter || AJR ||
Elise wanted Winter to reteach her things after having been in bed for three days, but Winter had a better idea. "Why don't you ask Dr. Lidia?" She inquired, "she restored my body, maybe she can fix yours too?" Unless it wouldn't work because Elise's was a mental disconnect rather than physical weakness? Speaking of which, why hadn't they yet offered Elise the same treatment they had given Winter? They still planned to keep the Doc alive, to try and use him, but there was no point in keeping him alive if they cut out his tongue and cut off his arms. It would be better to just kill him, Winter thought. Then again, they probably did not have as much hatred towards that man as Winter did. The Doc did not have a hand in the other's lives the way he did with Winter's.
"It would be smart to keep Sir Ender alive, since he's the one holding the Slither's together right now." Full offense to Oliver, Winter did not htink that boy was cut out for leading anyone. He had no idea what it was actually like to live on a battlefield. He had experience only in the affairs that his Father made him privvy to. Oliver might have been a Vassal and a strong one, but he was ill-prepared to take over the empire his Father had been creating for who knows how long. "There's another problem," Winter pointed out. "The Slither's have been building a military force and a shield made out of bodies. The Chrysanthemum is an actual military organization. They know how to organize soldiers, how to weaponize the land." She took a deep breath in. "We're just kids, kids with power, but none of us are even legal adults."
Well, one of them had been, but Winter had killed him. "We're sloppy, we have no sense of teamwork, some of us still freeze up in front of the monsters. Quite frankly, we're a mess and if we're going to get better, we needed to start tranining yesterday." Mercedes came from a military background, but they did not have her support or alliegence. She was fighting with her father, fighting for the Chrysanthemum despite everything that had happened. Winter shook her head. "It's clear the Doc still has interest in us, I'm sure he's got more than Gordon Grant under his thumb. We'll need to be careful and move in a buddy system." Winter glanced at Oliver, as though indicating that he should take over so that she would not over step her boundaries. He jumped to attention. "Winter is right, we don't know who else the Doctor may have influenced. Anyone could be an enemy right now."
"It's clear that my morals no longer align with those of my Father. If we can overthrow him, I would be glad, but I'm not ready yet to inherit what he's built. If I can learn more first... then maybe." He cleared his throat, "I'm gonna assign buddies. You should always know where your buddy is and try not to get seperated from them. Ezra and Elise, you two will be Buddy Team 1. Serenity and Carter you two will be Buddy Team 2." He looked at Winter, the blood seeming to drain from his face. "Winter and I will be Buddy Team 3." Almost immediately Carter started to protest, "No way, you already tried hurting Winter once. I should be her Buddy," he growled, clearly upset. "Yeah!" Serenity chimed.
"Are you alright with this?" Winter asked Elise, knowing how she felt about men.