[SE] Those We Lost

GIDEON

And now I cling to what I knew
I saw exactly what was true

Gideon looked over with a raised eyebrow, surprised to hear that Luciana had quite such a harsh opinion of Halo and it's Citadel. The place was cold, run by an Abandoned woman...but the walls and buildings were impressive enough and he'd found the people decently educated. "Why do you say barbaric?" He asked, looking back down to work on the corners of his lantern, bending the metal to make the sharp edge softer.

He nodded as for Outlanders being brought by the Voice. "It...is the one element of the Voice where I find myself feeling some compassion. Not for her, but for those plucked from their worlds and dragged here. No choice in the matter; I would hate to be ripped out of my life and put elsewhere." He placed the lantern down and knelt to look at it, see how the sides looked so far. "The best thing we can do, I think, is make them good servants of the True Gods. That's the best way to piss off the Voice and ruin her plan."

That's why I hold with all I have
That's why I hold