Look-- [He sighs, still adamant, but tired.] You haven't been here for very long, Margaret. You'll understand better when you have. There are people on your side of the fence who feel the same way I do.
Don't give me that. I had to make a deal with a captain of an imaginary pirate island boat just to have a chance at living, okay? To have something that's mine.
[And now still tired, but more sharply:] Then you'll find out when the first person goes missing. Or when the Admiral turns you out onto a world where you're forced into the streets, or hunted like an animal. Or when you wake up to find out that a year's gone by without you. This world isn't any less frakked than the one we left behind. The only difference is that I had a choice about leaving that one.
And do you want to know, by the way, what sort of people you'll be asked to defend for that chance you want? It's not just Cylons. It's-- [No, he can't tell her about Gaius. Not here, not like this. He cuts off, switches subjects drastically.] And people resurrect here like they do, did you know that?
I got the memo, yeah. And no, you didn't have any choice about leaving the last one. You did it at the point of a firing squad. Don't frakking tell me that was your choice, unless you're about to admit to me that you decided to let Adama take you out.
But you weren't like that! Even if I wasn't aware you weren't like that, I sure would've known after a few days with Hoshi hunting after your ungrateful ass.
Do you really think I went to Tom Zarek to talk about a mutiny without knowing how high the chances were of that happening? To any one of us? I told you -- I wanted Louis out of it for a reason. He would have gone along with it for me, not because of the idea, and... and that wouldn't have been fair to him.
Well, I'm not saying you can't have any fun. I have three jobs, and... [He makes a vague gesture to indicate something like that asshole.] ...someone. Oh, and they gave me a hardware upgrade last year.
No, listen-- I mean, I do, but I'm serious. I should be working right now, actually. There's some kind of... different port coming up, something even the Admiral is afraid of. We're all working on prepping for it.
I just... it's been a while since I've seen anyone. Any of us. [In the shock, he'd honestly forgotten all about Port Evil, but.]
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I just don't get it, Felix.
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And do you want to know, by the way, what sort of people you'll be asked to defend for that chance you want? It's not just Cylons. It's-- [No, he can't tell her about Gaius. Not here, not like this. He cuts off, switches subjects drastically.] And people resurrect here like they do, did you know that?
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[ Wow she doesn't want to be saying that. ]
Like... the rebellion wasn't wrong. But hurting friends in the process wasn't right.
[ She didn't like standing there while Starbuck pulled a gun on her. ]
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[Oh, right -- the port. He darkens slightly.] You'll see soon enough, unfortunately. I've been told something is coming.
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And I guess I know the answer, but I don't know, I don't like it.
So I'll stop asking.
Want to get a drink?
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I just... it's been a while since I've seen anyone. Any of us. [In the shock, he'd honestly forgotten all about Port Evil, but.]
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Then you can tell me all about your dire warnings.
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Sure. I'll have a head start on you there, though, because I'm meeting this pirate I shot.
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