today! I want to talk about my Operator Aiko. writing a fic about them and it's so, so fun to watch the world unravel, literally, from their perspective.
they are always so angry. since the Zariman, probably; and the only person that can keep them in check is Margulis (and later the Lotus). how they trust her implicitly, how much of their sanity check she is. they absolutely consider her their adoptive Mother.
they are such a good little soldier. they did hold loyalty to the Orokin due to their training on board the Zariman and later to become a war weapon with their warframe. they wanted it, they considered it their destiny.
and how perfect of a pawn they were to Ballas and to Wally. a walking dynamite. set it off and watch it burn down the world.
they tore the Tauron academy apart with their bare hands. and if they were the one to end Ballas, there would not have been a body left.
but at the heart of it all? they are a child. a broken, lonely child who just wants their mother. when they find Umbra, he truly takes care of them, not as a father, but as a creature that knows pain and wants to help and return the favour.
actually incredible how much their path diverted from the Drifter personality wise, but also not too far. Ciaran could be that child, they were, until Duviri numbed their entire personality down and they became someone else. something something about being a product of your environment.
but when they look at each other, they see a reflection.
ahhhhh.
