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From: Jamie
Subject: About the other day
I gave it some time and thought about it, like you asked, and I read the stuff you gave me, but my decision is still the same. I'd like to join the X-Men.
But I figure, you were pretty sure I'd made up my mind when you asked me to think about it, so that part isn't what you were looking for. You want to know why, don't you?
I've been thinking about joining the team for a while now, really--since Asgard, at least, and more so lately, after Skippy, and what happened to Lorna, and especially what just happened to Kitty. And--I guess this is going to sound like a pretty obvious conclusion to you, but it's a new thing for me. These people out there, like Magneto, and this vampire-wannabe guy, all the people who have power and use it to hurt people . . . somebody needs to stand up and say no, you can't do that, you can't step on people like you do. It just took me a while to decide somebody should be me. But the way I've been thinking, lately, I have the chance to be that person, the ability and the opportunity, so I have the responsibility, too.
I know I'm pretty far behind as far as being much good in a fight, and I'm never gonna be as useful in that kind of situation as you or Mr. Summers or Nathan. Although I could note that with me around you're never gonna have to worry about being outnumbered. ;) But there's other things I can do. I can learn to run the communications, and fly the plane, and all the kind of stuff that takes people instead of powers, and I can do it all at the same time--and with me doing it, that frees up people who are better at fighting to go do that. And with me, there's no comprehension lag between dupes--I'm actually faster than telepathy, I could help coordinate things when groups get separated. The example I was mostly thinking of--that, please, especially right now, I don't think it would be a good idea to tell Mr. Summers or Dr. Grey I've been thinking about, was . . . well, I think I've got a pretty good idea about what happened at Alkali Lake, at least from the hostage perspective, from talking to the kids who were there, and, well, imagine if I'd been there, as an X-Man, that day. There would have been enough of me to carry all the little kids, so they would've made better time through the complex. And if one of me had been in the plane, I would have known, right away, when they had to change where they were coming out, and I could've told whoever else it was in the plane--or hell, if I'd known how to fly the thing I could've had it warmed up, waiting, and ready to take off from the new exit point before everybody else even got there. I mean, obviously I don't know for sure if that would've been enough to save Dr. Grey's life . . . but I think the possibility's there. And next time everything's down to the wire and seconds matter, it might be enough.
I know there's a lot I need to learn, and you could probably come up with better ways to use what I can do than I could. But I'd like to start. What do you think?
From: Jamie
Subject: About the other day
I gave it some time and thought about it, like you asked, and I read the stuff you gave me, but my decision is still the same. I'd like to join the X-Men.
But I figure, you were pretty sure I'd made up my mind when you asked me to think about it, so that part isn't what you were looking for. You want to know why, don't you?
I've been thinking about joining the team for a while now, really--since Asgard, at least, and more so lately, after Skippy, and what happened to Lorna, and especially what just happened to Kitty. And--I guess this is going to sound like a pretty obvious conclusion to you, but it's a new thing for me. These people out there, like Magneto, and this vampire-wannabe guy, all the people who have power and use it to hurt people . . . somebody needs to stand up and say no, you can't do that, you can't step on people like you do. It just took me a while to decide somebody should be me. But the way I've been thinking, lately, I have the chance to be that person, the ability and the opportunity, so I have the responsibility, too.
I know I'm pretty far behind as far as being much good in a fight, and I'm never gonna be as useful in that kind of situation as you or Mr. Summers or Nathan. Although I could note that with me around you're never gonna have to worry about being outnumbered. ;) But there's other things I can do. I can learn to run the communications, and fly the plane, and all the kind of stuff that takes people instead of powers, and I can do it all at the same time--and with me doing it, that frees up people who are better at fighting to go do that. And with me, there's no comprehension lag between dupes--I'm actually faster than telepathy, I could help coordinate things when groups get separated. The example I was mostly thinking of--that, please, especially right now, I don't think it would be a good idea to tell Mr. Summers or Dr. Grey I've been thinking about, was . . . well, I think I've got a pretty good idea about what happened at Alkali Lake, at least from the hostage perspective, from talking to the kids who were there, and, well, imagine if I'd been there, as an X-Man, that day. There would have been enough of me to carry all the little kids, so they would've made better time through the complex. And if one of me had been in the plane, I would have known, right away, when they had to change where they were coming out, and I could've told whoever else it was in the plane--or hell, if I'd known how to fly the thing I could've had it warmed up, waiting, and ready to take off from the new exit point before everybody else even got there. I mean, obviously I don't know for sure if that would've been enough to save Dr. Grey's life . . . but I think the possibility's there. And next time everything's down to the wire and seconds matter, it might be enough.
I know there's a lot I need to learn, and you could probably come up with better ways to use what I can do than I could. But I'd like to start. What do you think?
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Date: 2005-11-16 12:28 am (UTC)The rest of the talking, well, yeah, I pretty much expected all that. And I actually have some ideas about, well, minimizing the chances of what-ifs happening, to me at least, which isn't to say I'm looking to take unnecessary stupid risks, but . . . well, anyway, we can talk about that.
Thanks.