Short Monologue - Rafael to Nokoni
I’m sorry, I guess it’s easy to forget sometimes. Some of the others – it’s so obvious they were not born to this life. But you and I are soldiers, warriors for the real-born… I forget that you were once one. Still, it’s hard for me to think of you as the same as them. You’re not the same as them; you’re not some incidental fighter who couldn’t keep his head. You’re like us, Reuel and I and the old warriors who believed the fight was its own thrill, even though I know you don’t think of yourself as such. So that’s why, even knowing with certainty that you are a real-born, I have to ask… why do you have to worry about such things as what you have been told is right and wrong? Do you remember the way the people were before the others came? Before they bought their books and beliefs to you, do you remember what you believed? Why did that have to change? Do you think what you believed in times passed is less valid then what they taught you to believe? Or, more importantly, do you think it’s MORE valid then what your drive is telling you to believe?

I’m not saying to go against what you believe. That’s the one thing I could never ask anyone to do, real born or not. But question what it is you really think. Ask yourself this – is this the paradise they promised you? Is this the way you envisioned your reward for your life in service to their beliefs? For me, I always knew my purpose in life exactly. I am here to protect the real-born from the shadows. That’s why I was born, why I exist. In all the time I’ve existed, strung out in a line before me, I’ve seen nothing to indicate that it is otherwise. My life, from the moment I opened my eyes to this moment has supported my belief that this is my purpose. Has yours?

I am interested in continuing this conversation when you’ve thought about it, my old friend.



Raf can talk when he get's into the swing of it, ne? Yeah, I know - stupid. But I thought about it on the bus yesterday - Rafael and Nokoni just sort of sitting back, chatting - I'm really bumed I couldn't get more of their relationship into the 8 issues I've planned for TBE. Maybe I'll try to add more of it... I like the way those two play off of each other.

And yeah, I know that at the start it sounds like Raf's trying to convince Nokoni to do something 'against his morals'. Maybe he is :P Who knows with Raf.
- posted by Washi @ 9:09 am