( her eyebrows arch slightly as he moves to sit — he certainly doesn't look like ororo, supposed queen of mars but at the end of the day, what does she know? this conversation may be edging towards uncomfortable, but it's at least easier to have with someone who she's had the decent luck of meeting in passing than a complete stranger. or... something. either way, clarke's not about to kick him out. )

I've heard similar sentiments. But also consider, you can't teach what you don't know. There was a lot about our world that even the those in charge didn't know.

( and good old jorge santayana was really onto something when he'd said the wisest mind has something yet to learn, because in the end all of the adults in her life had been significantly less equipped to handle the fact that — )

Like that some down on the Ground had survived the blasts, too.

( — than the children they'd sent down to die had been. )