Imperator Pax
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Say what now OL? Like if you want to bail because its become a political conflict of interest just say 'well its a civil war and the Charter says we're not supposed to get involved in those' the 'well its not really a crime thing'... doesn't work18th March
15:09 GMT -3
"Would you pardon us for a moment, please?"
Dawn Warrior hesitates at the door, then shrugs.
"Sure. Take me a couple hours to get home without you flying me."
I nod, smile, then make eye contact with my colleagues. "Team meeting."
Beatriz, Beryl and Raquel approach. Dr Munro takes a step towards me as well, then reconsiders and heads over to talk to Dawn Warrior. Once they're within convenient confab distance I stick an orange shield around us and make is as opaque as I can.
Raquel exhales heavily. "So. That happened."
I nod. "I does simplify things quite a lot."
"Ah. How?"
Beryl looks at me curiously, but nods. "Because if enough people get involved, it's not exactly a crime anymore."
"Pr-etty sure it is."
"No, it's a political protest. And since we're crime fighters and it's not our job to preserve the integrity of Brazil's borders, our job is completed once we confirm that the attack on the logging site was done as part of that."
"Seriously?"
"I'm not saying we should just leave, but technically… Yeah. Brazil as a country is descended from the Portuguese colony which conquered the area. These people are descendants of the people who were here first. If they choose not to recognise Brazil's claim to their land… That's not exactly a crime."
Even if we're looking at a rerun of Hugo Danner's original putsch attempt, with Sons and Daughters of Dawn who aren't vulnerable to disease and are at least ten times more numerous than their grandparents' generation. Against a Brazilian military which hasn't improved by anything like the same degree.
That seems very low"Twelve."
"Twelve ongoing insurgencies or flat out civil wars in the world right now. And I'd rather there wasn't, but stopping them isn't my job. And unless the Security Council rewrites the Justice League's charter, it's not their job either. Because..?" I raise my eyebrows.