Douglas Reeves responded to the fic idea that Jeremy and myself 
posted as such:

Heh.  the problem here is that Sylia never demonstrates that kind of
resolve.  On numerous occasions the Knight Sabers violate the code,
sometimes very flagrantly, and she does nothing about it.  Indeed, she
even participates in such violations.  Personally, I don't think Sylia
is hardened enough to do it, though she tries very hard to look like 
she is.

The reason why we singled Nene out is exactly the fact of her 
recruitment.  Sylia placed an ad out on the Internet.  Granted, it was a 
heavily coded and encrypted ad, but it was still sent out to the public. 
 Anyone could have broken it, as Doug pointed out later in his message.

As for Sylia not having the resolve to kill someone in cold blood, I 
think that she would have been able to at the beginning.  I tend to 
think of her as a fanatic that has mellowed over time.  When she started 
recruiting, her fanatasism must have been at an all time high.  The way 
that we were figuring was something like this:

	I come here in good will, and offer you a chance to make a 
difference, and you deny me?  You tell me to let go of my hate, and to 
move on?  That I won't have any effect at all?  You have the GALL to 
defy ME?  I don't think so, bitch.  If you are not part of the cure, you 
are part of the disease.  And baby, I'm a fucking scalpel.

Obviously, Sylia wouldn't start killing Priss, Nene, and Linna.  They 
are her comrades.  They have been forged in the same fire of battle as 
she has.  They have proved thier worth time and again.  They are her 
warriors, her arms.  Of course she is going to bend the rules a bit for 
them.  If a new member came in, she had better adhere to those rules, 
however.  She isn't trusted.  She is a variable.  She hasn't been forged 
yet, so we aren't going to associate with her.  She would be an 
outsider.  Until we fight together.  Then she is family.  Then she is 
our sister, and you don't mess with our family.

Which brings me to Priss.  Why does Sylia give Priss such free reign?  
Sylia is envious of Priss.  Priss had the courage to do what Sylia 
couldn't.  Priss was out fighting GENOM while Sylia was hiding in her 
basement lab tinkering with the hardsuits.  Priss had the courage to do 
it without a mask.  Priss uses the hardsuits simply because they offer a 
convienient power boost.  Sylia uses them to hide her identity.  Sylia 
is terrified of GENOM.  They killed her father, and perverted his 
greatest work.  She has every right to be afraid.  But Priss, Priss has 
had everything taken from her.  Her family, her lover, her life.  And 
Priss fights back, with or without the hardsuits.  She isn't afraid to 
tell GENOM who she is, and where they can shove it.  So Sylia is envious 
of Priss.

I'm going to stop there, and get back to my homework.  This is ample 
reason to not check my mail during my psychology homework.  Feel free to 
argue this with me.  I would like to keep this on the list, however, as 
I think that this is both a writing aid, and a great source of ideas for 
fics.  If you think this is Spam, let me know, and I will take this off.

Ja!
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