Email to Amanda

[xp_echo]

To: [Sefton, Amanda]
From: [Lincoln-Lopez, Maya]

Subject: Lets do this

So, firstly. Let’s just agree we can both be massive bitches and move on.

Secondly, I know you’re defending a friend but you need to stop. I’m allowed to have conflicted on this.

The Garrison I knew was an honorable man. A hard ass to be sure but he didn’t do things without a reason.

This Garrison and you made a choice for us that could have gotten us killed even having done everything right. I know every time I put on that uniform I may not come back but it’s not a certainty and it certainly isn’t expecting someone I trust to have fed all my weaknesses and lack of training where it counts to the enemy.

I’m trying to be fair. I fucking care, I want to see him better but I can’t not be angry right now.

I won’t call him out. I’ll give him time. But I can’t do more than that. I can’t promise anything.

No matter how much of an arsehole that makes me seem.

-M

Comments

[xp_daytripper]

You're right, that was a low blow with the scarring thing. Sorry about that. It's only been a few days since I saw him without any skin on and I'm probably a bit overly defensive.

This Garrison, as you put it, is still the Garrison you knew. None of this was done without a reason, even feeding the Brotherhood the info he had on the X-Men. And I know it's no comfort to you, since a betrayal done for good reasons still is a betrayal, but it's something to keep in mind while you're sorting things out. And yes, you can be angry and conflicted and all the rest of it, but yes, if you're trying to be fair, you need to give him time to heal. He's been through literal hell and back and he's lost just about everything that means anything to him as a result of this job - Adrienne, friends, the X-Men, even his omniskin, which was his primary protection. And that's going to take some time to recover from.

I appreciate you trying to not be an arse. I'll try not to be one as well.

A.