Ziggy rarely understood Thomas' exasperation with humans but as he watched this tide turning he felt it. Burying his hands in his face and breathing deeply, he listened, felt but would never do something so invasive as read their minds. Not without permission and certainly not now when understanding and language were so important.
Though, when Isamu said he was broken Ziggy moved, walking over to the twins and looking between them, the book and then to the one clutching it. A deep breath and he attempts to put his arms around Isamu in a warm hug. Maybe he couldn't feel or know the emotions but perhaps the action would make more sense.
"Shhh..." Ziggy voice is gentle and if Isamu didn't pull away from his hug the touch, even more so. "There is something that maybe you don't know, or haven't put together yet because Thomas and I don't mention it often. Antheans, we killed two humanoid species. We tested on them and treated a whole species the way humans have treated us. We know what the slope looks like, not because of you, but because of ourselves."
He hopes this helps, because he is at a loss really. "We came here, Thomas and especially myself, to save humanity. Not because you are broken now but because we can see that you are on the verge of going down our road into destruction or you can still make the choice we didn't. We are here trying to keep you, your species, this planet from breaking.. even when the odds are stacked against us, even in the face of violence."
He paused glancing at Minoru and then at his twin. "There's more at stake than you and me, Isamu, even if you are from an Earth different than mine, even if there are no Antheans in your universe. It took me a long time to accept my role in... well knowing that I am unlikely to survive saving Earth, but choosing to be here anyway, to try even if it costs my life. My life, my wants, my goals are worth protecting another species from living with the horrors that haunt my species."
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Though, when Isamu said he was broken Ziggy moved, walking over to the twins and looking between them, the book and then to the one clutching it. A deep breath and he attempts to put his arms around Isamu in a warm hug. Maybe he couldn't feel or know the emotions but perhaps the action would make more sense.
"Shhh..." Ziggy voice is gentle and if Isamu didn't pull away from his hug the touch, even more so. "There is something that maybe you don't know, or haven't put together yet because Thomas and I don't mention it often. Antheans, we killed two humanoid species. We tested on them and treated a whole species the way humans have treated us. We know what the slope looks like, not because of you, but because of ourselves."
He hopes this helps, because he is at a loss really. "We came here, Thomas and especially myself, to save humanity. Not because you are broken now but because we can see that you are on the verge of going down our road into destruction or you can still make the choice we didn't. We are here trying to keep you, your species, this planet from breaking.. even when the odds are stacked against us, even in the face of violence."
He paused glancing at Minoru and then at his twin. "There's more at stake than you and me, Isamu, even if you are from an Earth different than mine, even if there are no Antheans in your universe. It took me a long time to accept my role in... well knowing that I am unlikely to survive saving Earth, but choosing to be here anyway, to try even if it costs my life. My life, my wants, my goals are worth protecting another species from living with the horrors that haunt my species."