<blockquote><div><cite>Elyk337 wrote:</cite>(Sorry it took so long to reply, I went grocery shopping then did my dishes when I got back.)<br/><br/>"I'm not saying one good deed makes up for hundreds of bad ones." Jack explained, "I'm saying that I'm better because I am making an effort to change my life, to make it better, to use it helping people instead of hurting them. I'm saying I'm better because I am changing for the better, unlike yourself who is content being the minipulative witch she currently is. I selflessly traded my life for the lives of people I barely know, that says more about me than any other sin I have commited in the past." Jack pulled out his cigarettes and matches and lit up. He took a drag, then held the packet of cigarettes out towards Zaida. "Want one?" He asked, holding his cigarette in his mouth.</div></blockquote><br/><br/>Zaida stared blankly at the packet of cigarettes. Not exactly sure why anyone would put a flammable stick in their mouth and actually ignite it on purpose. She glanced away from the cigarettes and back at Jack, searching his face for any sign of trickery. "No thanks." She finally said after a long pause. "I'd rather keep my lips unscathed." She never did like fire. Had a fear of it ever since she was a girl, but she never showed her fear in public because if she shows fear, she shows weakness, if she shows weakness...she is unworthy of leadership. That is the colony's way. "However, there is something I'd like to show you."