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Epiphany

Perspective

And it was all a matter of perspective, wasn't it?

Karen Stadfieldt or Kallen Kouzuki?

Lelouch Lampeouge or Zero?

Terrorist or Savior?

Messiah or Demon?

All just a matter of perspective.

Which angle did she see from?

… Or, rather, which angle could she justify?

Obviously the Britannians were oppressive dictators, subjugating everything in their way…

But did everyone need to suffer?

How many people had she killed herself? By the hands of her Glasgow or Burai or Guren or her input on his plans?

How many widows or orphans had she made? How many families had she destroyed? How many future generations had she condemned to obscurity?

… how many Naoto's had she taken away from little sisters?

Did she really have that right?

…

Maybe.

She wasn't the one who started this war.

The kindest thing she could do was to do her best to end it quickly. And if it meant following a ghost from Britannia's collective past?

So be it.

It was just a matter of perspective after all.

AN: Yeah, it's incredibly short and barely worth being called a chapter or an update and it's just a bit weird but it's something. Namely my first chapter of the New Year, so there's that.

Anyway, this is Kallen in a fleeting moment of introspection as to how justifiable her actions are. I tried, okay?

Alternate title (for the curious) is Questions.

Read, enjoy and review.

~GrinGrin

PS – I don't think I've mentioned it before, but I'm putting it here now.

Firstly, the poll regarding my AN's will be closed by tomorrow. It's not of major import to Epiphany, but I thought I might mention it.

Secondly, I've started putting various requests, milestones and pieces of information in my profile, so some of you may want to take a look at it.

PPS – The new cover is the product of the rather epic Wordle website. Give it a look, it's pretty damn useful. As for the colors… It worked out incredibly well… I just kinda chose purple (Lulu), green (C.C.), red (Kallen) and white (others, but it works for Suzaku as well) and it randomly assigned colors to words. But, I swear to god, the words couldn't have fit better with the characters had I specifically selected them.

Written: 06/01/2014

Posted: 07/01/2014