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[[It has been a good couple of weeks since the experiment with being a family. Even mother's day had passed by, much to Val's unnoticing. She'd been distracted from life at home, mostly looking into, and around, this marriage thing.

She didn't get it. Of course, she hadn't considered going to read a book on it, but, she also assumed that wouldn't get her anywhere either.

Well, two weeks is plenty of procrastination on this topic... Though, surely her silence and pondering might've caused some concern with Kirimi and Neliel.]]

I'm sorry to be a bother while everyone's busy greeting the New Feathers, but I want to ask something. What's the purpose of marriage? I understand that it's what two people do when they love eachother enough, but, what makes it any different from being a boyfriend, or girlfriend.

Honestly, if you truly have no desire to be apart from the one you love, why is that something people resort too?

I suppose this last experiment left me a little confused about the subject. Not that... I'm opposed, mind you... That is... marrying Nel, but... I don't know why it's necessary...

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[Funny Val would say that. Every Spartan knew they were damned to these two things. And even though Daisy-023 refused to accept it, even she would not escape from it.

Outside of Spartan nature, she leans her head near Val's, and holds her back. Silent. But far from distant.

Daisy wondered for a moment if it was possible to outrun that fate here.]

If you've got something to say, you can tell me. [[Of course, that means she's expecting bawling...]]

[She remains close to the elemental, but she doesn't cry. It is not Spartan nature to do so. All emotions are meant to be controlled, or redirected to better purposes. Letting emotions run rampant was a sign of unprofessionalism, inability to cope, and worse things happening in the mind of the soldier.]

They stole me from my parents when I was just six.

[Which is why Daisy feels she cannot hide it anymore. Because holding it out while the Malnosso taunted her about it would only break her. Her voice sounds drained as she speaks, rather than enraged.]

My world has always been at war. Between maniacs that blew up whole cities, and rebellion that gained momentum, they told us we'd be the protectors of our race.

Then they trained me to turn me into a living weapon. Fed me lies to happily serve. Forbade me from bonding with anyone that was not from my unit. Changed my body until people wondered if I was even human.

[In spite of these words, what puzzles her is how some of these experiences were not things she wholly regretted. The rest of the Spartans turned into her second family, Mendez ultimately made them stronger, and she found meaning to her life when the Covenant appeared.

But Halsey. She is the one that lied to them. Unlike the rest of the Spartans, Daisy hated her.

She still doesn't know if this desire to serve is true, or if they brainwashed her into it. It gave her life purpose, but was there a way to be the protector of Earth, and at the same time have the right to a family?]

I don't remember my parents' names. It's the reason I was never social. It's why I am this. It's why that woman you saw on my first shift was so young. Because that's what I last saw of her.

They got their weapon. And I got cheated out of my childhood.

[[Maybe Val had pushed too hard? Sure, she'd wanted Daisy to open up, but, this was like a bursting dam. Val didn't expect this much and didn't know what to say in response to it all.

The elemental didn't have all these life experiences. Even in all her time here, nothing could really compare to that.

Eventually though, she'd have to say something, but what.

Well, as best she could, the woman held the Spartan a bit tighter, armor considered. She just couldn't come up with the words to comfort her at all...]]

[The girl did not expect anyone to completely understand. When she was drafted, neither did she. But for her, it's as if she had puked until there was nothing left. She felt empty.

In a way, cleansed.

Daisy drops her helmet, and lets her blond head rest on the elemental's, closing her eyes.

She hated what this place was doing to her. But she never expected to be taken with open arms. As a person, not a freak.]

You accepted me.

Of course. You didn't give me reason not to. And... its a little flattering the way you first looked at me.

[[Val draws back a little, to smile.]] This... hmm... you know I don't mean ill, but, why don't I adopt you too. It may not be the same, but at least while you're here, you'll have a family to go to.

[It was more confusion what she felt at first. She was a being of mythology, and a conflict on the Spartan's senses. For five years she thought all non-human sentients were monsters. But now this one was becoming family.

Daisy blushes at the thought. She thought for a long time that such chance was gone.]

Am I not too old for that?

[Then again... In a way, something even Halsey noted in spite of their stoicism, Spartans sometimes resembled children.]

I don't know. Do you think you are? [[And she's smiling anyway.]]

I'm sure there's room in the house, though, you're probably too well settled into your apartment to want to move.

But, I don't think age is an issue here. Technically I'm only three. [[*pose*]] And nobody seems to have a problem with that.

... Good point.

[Smart AI's lived to be seven, at most, yet they behaved like adults. Val was little different.

But, she thinks about Val's offer. It's been two years since people began appearing in this place, and she had just arrived four months ago. No one among the New Feather waves had been from even her continuity. And the fact she would die when this place found no use for her.]

I'm good enough with the apartment. [She preferred the private space to work. But even that place turned lonely.] But... Do you mean it? After everything?

Of course I mean it. It'd be silly if I just said that and took it back.

No, that'd just be evil. And... well that's a time long behind me now. I wouldn't do something like that. Especially not to you.

[[Val offers a shorter hug before pulling away again.]] So, are you ready to come back now, Daisy?

[Meiling was right. It was a second chance to live her life. This could be the family she had always wanted.]

I'd like that.

[She smiles, embracing the hug. Valvalis had turned into something as close to her as a non-Spartan outsider can be.

Family.

After all the days she had wandered the mountains, seeking counsel from her training, from her memories, and from Kippin... Daisy is finally happy.]

I am.

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