We have a chance to live a life without fear. Anya has never known that life, the same as the rest of us. [Lincoln includes the Sky People in that because he has heard of Octavia's experiences. That she manages to hold it together in spite of that shows her true power. She's even able to joke about it. He admires that strength in her above all else, that she's managed to hold on to it and keep it close even when her world and her people have tried to repeatedly rip it away. She lost her mother, she had been hidden from everyone, and somehow she manages to keep a level head.
But Lincoln can see the coldness and callousness among the Sky People, and he knows that it's born of a desire to survive, the same way it is among his people. The fact that there's a similarity for him is what makes him try to see things evenly, and he'll continue to stand by them, even when his people continue to be ruthless toward them. Even if they have some of the same makeup, they are also different, and they landed on earth without the expectation that they might have to go to war constantly.
(It's this last part that is a sticking point, as he'll make clear—)]
There is no violence in this world. There are no alliances. [Even if the burden of these things remain.]
And most importantly, there is no war. From what I've come to understand, anyone who chooses to change that will not get what they've come for. [He frowns in consideration, because it's possible that Bellamy knows differently. Lincoln's understanding of things is fresh and new. He adds, then:] Unless you know differently.
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But Lincoln can see the coldness and callousness among the Sky People, and he knows that it's born of a desire to survive, the same way it is among his people. The fact that there's a similarity for him is what makes him try to see things evenly, and he'll continue to stand by them, even when his people continue to be ruthless toward them. Even if they have some of the same makeup, they are also different, and they landed on earth without the expectation that they might have to go to war constantly.
(It's this last part that is a sticking point, as he'll make clear—)]
There is no violence in this world. There are no alliances. [Even if the burden of these things remain.]
And most importantly, there is no war. From what I've come to understand, anyone who chooses to change that will not get what they've come for. [He frowns in consideration, because it's possible that Bellamy knows differently. Lincoln's understanding of things is fresh and new. He adds, then:] Unless you know differently.