"I'm not saying by force." Force obviously doesn't work - force implies they have any power to do so.
"It didn't try and send us back until it read our reports, right? It didn't try speaking to us until we kept trying to make it. It took time, but - what I'm trying to say is, if you try speaking to it, it might change something. We need to change something. We can't keep having what happened last time - we need to ask for more options in decisions. We can think up options for Tai. For a lot of people."
His hands have been moving some as he tries to express himself, but lower onto his lap after, his frown something more trying. Worried.
"If we sit back and trust the train, does that change anything?"
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"It didn't try and send us back until it read our reports, right? It didn't try speaking to us until we kept trying to make it. It took time, but - what I'm trying to say is, if you try speaking to it, it might change something. We need to change something. We can't keep having what happened last time - we need to ask for more options in decisions. We can think up options for Tai. For a lot of people."
His hands have been moving some as he tries to express himself, but lower onto his lap after, his frown something more trying. Worried.
"If we sit back and trust the train, does that change anything?"