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𝗦𝗢𝗹𝗰𝗼 ([personal profile] zauneyete) wrote in [community profile] synflux 2025-03-18 04:49 am (UTC)

[ He stared at them for a long moment, his single blue eye closed β€” normally disconcerting to most, but he suspected to Dante, it is hardly all that odd β€” that black eye watches them for a long moment, a pit of a pupil that glows even in the overhead lights. It's consistent, unwavering, hateful. He breathed in, but that eye doesn't leave Dante's face.

Finally, he opened it, his shoulders lifted slightly.
]

When we are free from the boot on our throat. When we no longer are subjected to the laws of those who disdain us, and authorities that will not even breathe our air. When their industries no longer pollute the water we drink, and the fissures are no longer mined at the cost of our bodies and backs. I have done much for my city, given them the breath of fresh air that was so long denied us β€” but air is only one thing. We have far longer to go.

I am seeking freedom from those who see us as vehicles for their profit. We deserve more than runoff, and that is when I will stop. When we have achieved it.

[ Unfortunately, Silco is what happens when a revolutionary takes to drug-production in an effort to do what revolution could not. He's right in spirit, just not in method. ]

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