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"Baby Series 2"Written By: Karina
Spoilers: None Disclaimer: I don’t own Gundam Wing or the
Characters from the series but the baby is mine. Pairing: Pagan = Wu Fei Notes: Challenge 49. Baby Series 2 #130. Takes
place immediately after Of Old Heads And Young.
This Talk Of Purity “I don’t… understand.” “It seems there is a great deal you do not understand. Considering your youth and past I am not surprised. You were young to have the responsibility caste upon you and you have no trusted advisor.” Wu Fei scowled into his tea. “It seems I have little in this world and even on a personal note I am found lacking.” “As are we all. Ambition is needed to succeed in life. No matter your age or religion or your social standing you must have ambition to progress. There must be quiet periods where one may assess the past and the prospects for the future. These periods of rest are required that we do not lose sight of our goals and we may refine our plans to attain our greatest achievements.” “What would you have me do?” “Nothing save give this matter thought and remember you have friends. Friends in influential positions, friends who care about you and friends who are willing to listen.” Wu Fei set aside the empty cup. “I watch Milliardo and I see what responsibility does to him. He is not the man who stood up to the entire Earth Sphere and showed them the horror war is. He is not the man who thumbed his nose at the peace process and went his own way, demonstrating to all where war would lead them if they continued. He has lost the fire and the purity.” Pagan sighed. “This talk of purity gives me a migraine. There is nothing pure about the brutality of war or what it does to the human spirit. There is nothing pure about the blood shed to water the Earth. He was young and desperate and he was, unfortunately, right. There would have been a period of peace and it would have been substantial, perhaps as much as fifty years. It would have been a minor flicker in the flame of humankind before someone took the leap back into brutality. It may still happen but we will have a longer period of grace. Should certain plans be brought to fruition it may never come again.” “What plans?” “In due time, Mr. Chang. For now, the concern is the future of your clan and your responsibility to them. Ideally, what would you do if you had every needed resource available to you?” “Ideally? Rebuild.” “Reconstruct the colony?” “I am far from that ambitious. Offer them a place to rebuild on a smaller scale. If they wished it. They may want something very different to the traditions of old.” Pagan heard the unspoken ‘I hope’ in his voice. “It was Duo Maxwell who requested I learn if there were survivors and it was Master Milliardo who requested I learn their numbers and their desire to reform as a clan.” He could only shake his head slowly, stunned, wondering why they should concern themselves. End
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