But she should've seen it coming. The Academy was too good to be true. Obvious, obvious in retrospect, they'd never heard of this place, but the Tams were just... the perfect Alliance family.
River isn't sure if it should've been obvious or it should've never happened at all. Though it's not exactly as if she had full faith in the Alliance at any point in her lifetime. Even from a young age, she was very aware of the rotten parts of the system. Theorized the reasoning behind the Independents' uprising, although actually reading any part of their stance during the war would have been enough to get her on some kind of list, something she smartly avoided.
Until the Academy. Becoming something valuable, she realizes now, was just as dangerous. Standing out is a good way to get picked out of a crowd.
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But she should've seen it coming. The Academy was too good to be true. Obvious, obvious in retrospect, they'd never heard of this place, but the Tams were just... the perfect Alliance family.
River isn't sure if it should've been obvious or it should've never happened at all. Though it's not exactly as if she had full faith in the Alliance at any point in her lifetime. Even from a young age, she was very aware of the rotten parts of the system. Theorized the reasoning behind the Independents' uprising, although actually reading any part of their stance during the war would have been enough to get her on some kind of list, something she smartly avoided.
Until the Academy. Becoming something valuable, she realizes now, was just as dangerous. Standing out is a good way to get picked out of a crowd.