Chapter 35:
"You're more than welcome, Wanda." Ian has been really good to Wanda. In this scene, Wanda just woke up from the sleep she was put in after Walter's funeral. Apparently Ian gave her his room. He just brought her food, including some Cheetos. She just thanked him for everything he has done for her. Ian's eyes should something more than just courtesy when he replied, and Wanda was trying to figure out exactly what that was. It reminds me of The Princess Bride. Anytime Buttercup told Wesley to do something, he would always respond with, "As you wish". What he was really saying was "I love you".
"Would any of you have done the same--rescue your enemy?"
"Murder is a subjective term," Maggie hissed. "I only consider it murder when something human is killed." Kyle is on trial right now. They are going to decide if he should be allowed to stay, or if he should be thrown out or killed. Some people don't believe that Kyle did anything wrong. Wanda is not human, so it would not be murder in her case. This reminds me of the abortion controversy.
"Human is a subjective term as well, Magnolia," Jared said, glowering at her. "I thought the definition embraced some compassion, some little bit of mercy."
Chapter 36:
Jared just asked Wanda what Melanie was thinking. Melanie wants to know why he believes them now. "An...accumulation of things. You were so...kind to Walter. I've never seen anyone but Doc be that compassionate. And you saved Kyle's life, where most of us would have let him fall just to protect ourselves, intended murder aside...But when they started attacking you today...well, I snapped. I could see in them everything that shouldn't have been in me. I realized I already did believe, and that I was just being obstinate. Cruel. I think I've believed since...well, a little bit since that first night when you put yourself in front of me to save me from Kyle." Way to use logic, Jared.
Kyle's truce: "I don't think I was wrong, but you did save my life. I don't know why, but you did. So I figure, a life for a life. I won't kill you. I'll pay the debt that way."
On why Wanda saved Kyle: "I didn't let you fall because...I'm not like you. I'm not saying that I'm not...like humans. Because there are others here who would do the same. There are kind and good people here. People like your brother, and Jeb, and Doc...I'm saying that I'm not like you personally."
Chapter 37:
"What if it were you?...What if you were the one...invaded that way? What if you were trapped, and someone else was telling your body what to do? If you couldn't speak for yourself? Wouldn't you want your wishes--as much as they could be known--respected? At the very least by other humans?" Jared's question to Ian.
"But what if it were you? What if you were stuffed in a human body and let loose on this planet, only to find yourself lost among your own kind? What if you were such a good...person that you tried to save the life you'd taken, that you almost died trying to get her back to her family? What if you then found yourself surrounded by violent aliens who hated you and hurt you and tried to murder you, over and over again? What if you just kept doing whatever you could to save and heal these people despite that? Wouldn't you deserve a life, too? Wouldn't you have earned that much?" Ian's question to Jared.
Chapter 38:
"It's not the face, but the expressions on it. It's not the voice, but what you say. It's not how you look in that body, but the things you do with it. You are beautiful." Just one of the reasons why I love Ian.
---Amelia
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