Haters come with the territory. I'd say it's lonely at the top, but I like my space.
Why does anyone steal anything? Because it's fun. I need more money like I need another hole in the kidney.
Kid's got talent, I'll give her that. Didn't even see her coming and she nearly got me in one shot. Stabbed and twisted like a pro. Broke a thirty year no-shank record.
[ Ugh, whatever. Cisco can't actually muster a shit to give whether or not Snart likes stealing things for fun. Oh, he thinks it's stupid, and there are about ten million better ways to have fun than that, but if there aren't any casualties, what does he care if Snart takes a diamond from a museum or an ugly painting from some spoiled rich assholes? ]
she's had to be.
[ And he's not telling Snart any more than that; it's not Cisco's story to tell, and he's probably already said more than Arya would want him to. But of all Arya's talents and qualities that Snart could admire, this is the worst one. Killing was a skill that had been forced upon her, and Cisco knows much much the blood on her hands haunts her. ]
For the record, I'm not holding anything against the kid. I've been where she is and I know where she's going.
People feel sorry for her now. It's heartbreaking when they're young and cute. They'll try to fix her, but she'll never be who they want her to be. Then she'll hit eighteen, twenty, thirty- not so cute. Then it won't matter where she came from or why she is the way she is, no one wants to hear it. You can't fix what's broke, right?
She'll be just another number in the system like the rest of us, and all anyone will care about is locking her away for as long as they can, and how many tax dollars it'll take to do it.
[ He could correct Snart - that he's not been where she has, not exactly. That the assumptions he's making about Arya's world - that there's no sympathy for friendless children, no justice system organized enough for numbers, none of the things he's taking for granted. But Cisco knows Snart's talking more about himself than about Arya. He doesn't want to feel sorry for him, but it's a pretty pathetic trajectory he's mapped out. And if all those assumptions are making Snart sympathize with her, not blame her, then he isn't going to disrupt that. ]
she doesn't have to go that way.
she's such a smart kid, she's got so much potential, but all anyone in her world cared about what how they could use her.
[ Cisco doesn't get it. He'll never get it. His experience is so different from theirs he might as well be a different species.
Leonard doesn't sympathize with Arya. He empathizes. She's safer from him than anyone but Mick will ever know. Some part of him still wants to reach out to the girl like he'd tried to reach out to himself. Failed to reach out to himself. ]
Maybe not. Guess we'll have to wait and see.
Either way, there's always room for another Rogue.
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Why does anyone steal anything? Because it's fun. I need more money like I need another hole in the kidney.
Kid's got talent, I'll give her that. Didn't even see her coming and she nearly got me in one shot. Stabbed and twisted like a pro. Broke a thirty year no-shank record.
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she's had to be.
[ And he's not telling Snart any more than that; it's not Cisco's story to tell, and he's probably already said more than Arya would want him to. But of all Arya's talents and qualities that Snart could admire, this is the worst one. Killing was a skill that had been forced upon her, and Cisco knows much much the blood on her hands haunts her. ]
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People feel sorry for her now. It's heartbreaking when they're young and cute. They'll try to fix her, but she'll never be who they want her to be. Then she'll hit eighteen, twenty, thirty- not so cute. Then it won't matter where she came from or why she is the way she is, no one wants to hear it. You can't fix what's broke, right?
She'll be just another number in the system like the rest of us, and all anyone will care about is locking her away for as long as they can, and how many tax dollars it'll take to do it.
Food for thought. Best served cold.
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she doesn't have to go that way.
she's such a smart kid, she's got so much potential, but all anyone in her world cared about what how they could use her.
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Leonard doesn't sympathize with Arya. He empathizes. She's safer from him than anyone but Mick will ever know. Some part of him still wants to reach out to the girl like he'd tried to reach out to himself. Failed to reach out to himself. ]
Maybe not. Guess we'll have to wait and see.
Either way, there's always room for another Rogue.