[He holds his gaze a few seconds more, seeming to weigh Fred's words carefully. "Who you want to be." What a question to give a man like Riddick.
What he wanted to be was alive. His entire life was based on that one fact alone. Survival was the only thought that had driven him to do any of the things he had done so far. Making it to another day, another dawn no matter what planet or solar system he was in, his instinct was to save his own life. Not others.
Yet, helping in Slovechnia. Saving the slaves, fighting for those who couldn't fight for themselves had been...
He'd never had anyone to stand up for him when he couldn't fight for himself, so early on he had to learn that to save his life he would have to take the lives of others. Maybe this was his chance at atonement for the things he had done. Not that he'd asked for atonement, but here it was. If he was right.
If he took that chance.]
How interesting. [And yes, for all that inner dialogue, that is all Fred gets in response. Though Riddick does look at him again, almost seeming to ask a silent question.]
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What he wanted to be was alive. His entire life was based on that one fact alone. Survival was the only thought that had driven him to do any of the things he had done so far. Making it to another day, another dawn no matter what planet or solar system he was in, his instinct was to save his own life. Not others.
Yet, helping in Slovechnia. Saving the slaves, fighting for those who couldn't fight for themselves had been...
He'd never had anyone to stand up for him when he couldn't fight for himself, so early on he had to learn that to save his life he would have to take the lives of others. Maybe this was his chance at atonement for the things he had done. Not that he'd asked for atonement, but here it was. If he was right.
If he took that chance.]
How interesting. [And yes, for all that inner dialogue, that is all Fred gets in response. Though Riddick does look at him again, almost seeming to ask a silent question.]