But it has to start with you. That's what my dad's always told me. It doesn't work if the police forces people to follow laws. I have to follow them because I believe they're good, even if other people are breaking them. Violence [ her eyes glitter almost imperceptibly ] is never a solution. The second you take someone's stuff, they're either going to take yours or someone else's. It'll just keep going. That's why you have to stop it by... [ she loses momentum ] by following the law and not carrying sticks of dynamite. At least not here! You're... you're not a thug or whatever here because this place doesn't have any mafias.
[ More quietly now, after a little pause: ]
Who knows how long we'll be here, anyway? So... we should be careful.
action | have heaploads more naivety!
[ Her face is set; her posture's straight. ]
But it has to start with you. That's what my dad's always told me. It doesn't work if the police forces people to follow laws. I have to follow them because I believe they're good, even if other people are breaking them. Violence [ her eyes glitter almost imperceptibly ] is never a solution. The second you take someone's stuff, they're either going to take yours or someone else's. It'll just keep going. That's why you have to stop it by... [ she loses momentum ] by following the law and not carrying sticks of dynamite. At least not here! You're... you're not a thug or whatever here because this place doesn't have any mafias.
[ More quietly now, after a little pause: ]
Who knows how long we'll be here, anyway? So... we should be careful.