Глава 14

Conditions will only get worse from here. The better I do, the safer you guys will be.

Thanks.

Rescue work around Gibsonham is complete. Next, we'll be going to... where your squad's signal was lost.

I see.

We'll find them, alive or... otherwise.

Even if they're buried in the sand, or Originium... there will be traces.

We'll find them and bring them home.

I know how I feel, but Fang... I want to hear your thoughts, too.

Is it regrettable for a Rhodes Island operator to die in a war between the Sarkaz and the Victorians, when they have nothing to do with either side of the war?

Any sacrifice is regrettable.

After Ace died, Beagle cried for many nights with his shield in her arms.

Why him? Why there? Why then?

I get that feeling too. Every single time.

But what I really want to know is... how did the people who sacrificed feel?

Hm... I'm sure they have their own regrets.

We're none of us saints. That's why we fear death. That's why you feel pain over your decision.

But I have no regrets about participating in this operation.

If not for Lava, Hibiscus, or our other Sarkaz friends, then at least for the people here, even though I don't know any of them.

It was a Catastrophe that brought me from Columbia to Rhodes Island.

That Catastrophe taught me one thing: that suffering does not discriminate.

I came here today because I know that you will come when my home needs help, when the people I care about need help.

You're right.

We'll be there.

<i>'We'</i>, Rhodes Island.

You know something? I've been addicted to the web since a very young age, because that's the only place I knew without segregation.

The other Vampire children and I, Vampires and other Sarkaz, Sarkaz and everyone else, Catastrophe, nations, class, disease.

It was Theresa who took me from the confines of my home and showed me another possibility.

A ship that sails the waves of disaster, rescues those who are suffering, and fosters companionships beyond personal interest.

Sounds surreal, huh?

But the road that Rhodes Island has traveled thus far is very real.

I'll continue to analyze the anomalies caused by Amnannam. I also want to hear your answer to my question. Kal'tsit's and the Doctor's, too.

This data belongs to Yvres, to Balin, to Viktor, to Rhodes Island... one day, it may belong to everyone.