( not an inaccurate description, it wasn't like morality was taught alongside earth skills. the 102 had been thrown into the pits of a do-or-die situation and figured out what they could for themselves. sometimes clarke can spin a pretty, galvanizing speech but more often than not she'd been left with the remnants of a decision in both hands and had to justify it after the fact.

a visible wince goes here, followed by a looking up and far to his left; deep breath, reup the composure. )

I'm sorry I disappointed you, Pal. And for putting you in danger by putting us out there in the first place. ( genuinely. but carrying right along — ) What I won't apologize for is making what I thought to be the best decision in order to get Natsuno, Jade, Rita, Darcy and the others before they jumped ship, and you back here alive.