[When it's clear that he isn't going to respond, Tris replies again
anyway.]
I've managed the library for a year and never asked for your assistance.
Not even when half of it was burned down. I only came to you for the one
thing I can't manage without your help.
People die without information, Admiral, or they kill without meaning to.
I was very nearly one of those people as a child. I am intimately
acquainted with how important knowledge is. I wanted the ability to
prevent as much senseless suffering as possible.
[The Admiral never seems to care much about preventing senseless
suffering, of course.]
no subject
[When it's clear that he isn't going to respond, Tris replies again anyway.]
I've managed the library for a year and never asked for your assistance. Not even when half of it was burned down. I only came to you for the one thing I can't manage without your help.
People die without information, Admiral, or they kill without meaning to. I was very nearly one of those people as a child. I am intimately acquainted with how important knowledge is. I wanted the ability to prevent as much senseless suffering as possible.
[The Admiral never seems to care much about preventing senseless suffering, of course.]