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✽Fourth Post ~ Voice✽

[Mrs. Brisby is sewing. And as she set her SFC down, she was unaware that she turned it on. She hums, quietly, to herself, the sounds of shifting fabric the only indication of sewing.

After a few minutes, she starts to sing.]

Dream by night, Wish by day;
Love begins this way.
Night's a friend, With love to send
Each new day.
Bless your heart, Bless your soul,
Let your dreams come true.
Future songs and flying dreams
Wait for you.
Love, it seems, Made flying dreams
So hearts could soar
Heaven sent, These wings were meant
To prove, Once more,
That love is the key...

[She pricks herself with a needle, letting out a quiet "ouch!" before going back to humming the song, rather than singing the rest.]

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...Love? Love does nothing for no one.

...That's not true.

It's very true. Love is no longer needed in this day and age. Feh, It never HAS been needed.

Desire is always the one that wins out.

It's not. I won't hear that my love for my children means nothing.

Love for your children? It won't save or protect them.

[She bites her lip, awkwardly, considering for a little while. Eventually her voice does come through, quietly, almost inaudibly.]

...It did.

[After having to strain to hear it and considering if that's what he heard for a second...]

So that's what your desire is? Your children's safety and happiness?

That's what love is. Protecting your children, taking care of them, and making them happy.

Love is... having the desire in the first place. And it takes priority over everything else.

Love is putting purity to your desires. Who's to say your desires are as purely intended at you think? It's stupid and pointless.

Take for example your "love" isn't so pure anyway. Why only for your children? Does the fact they carry your genetic burden separate them from other deserving children?

Purity...? What do you mean by that?

[Hello I am a mouse and I have no concept of 'pure' or 'evil' beyond 'that is a predator and they are going to eat me' or... well, politics. But that's only because of the rats!]

Everyone takes care of themselves or their family. That's just how it is in the field. If someone else's children get eaten by a cat, that's unfortunate, but it's not your responsibility. You can't take care of everyone... if you do, you'll hurt your own family.

Feh, if your children are eaten by a cat, my usual answer is to find the cat and punch him in the face.

Punch the cat...?

[A... sigh.]

That sounds like something Martin would say.

It's deserved. Cats are sneaky, traitorous pains in the ass.

[Even if he only knows one.]

I'm just a mouse, there's not much I can do...

...

[That changes a lot]

That's just an excuse.

The cat is just doing what it needs to eat.

[Said in the most matter-of-fact way. Because, well. It's a fact of life.]

It's not "good" or "bad"... that's just how it is.

How can you just accept that?

Because there's no sense in arguing it. There's so many things that are just the same way, and you don't have time to fix them. You have to take care of your family and avoid trouble in the first place.

You sound just like that idiot I live with.

I don't know how different things are for humans... but for us mice, we have too much to worry about and take care of without getting ourselves into more trouble.

How am I suppose to know how things are for humans? All it seems in the time I've had to deal with them is that they create problems for themselves.

Oh, you aren't a human either?

No. I'm just possessing one for now.

...Possessing? What does that mean?

It means I'm in charge and he isn't. Not that it matters since he's basically comatose.

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