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Which was my long-winded way of saying that yes, she will probably never accept that what Section did is morally justified, simply because she doesn't know what the ideal is anymore, or what the standards of justification are.

I also think that the fact that she survived is the biggest price she's paying – she has seen her entire worldview crumble, she has learnt that the things she believed in are not to be believed in, her pride has crumbled (and I cannot stress upon the importance of this for Nikita), she has to spend the rest of her life taking decisions that she can never wholly accept. She doesn't even have a Giles (a Michael, perhaps) who will do the dirty work so that Buffy can be the Hero. Us vs. Them was easy, but now it's all Us. Her.

(and, um, I also had something to say about Nikita's inexperience in and distaste for politics, and where that leaves her now, but I seem to have forgotten what I was thinking)

I'd LOVE for you to write that Walter meta, btw.

I had some of it written, but I lost it in the last computer blow-up. This discussion has been quite stimulating, so I may get to it pretty soon. *g*

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