Letters from Pegasus Week

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Sheppard: I'm not sure if Colonel Sumner's parents are still alive. Um, I'm not sure he even has a family back there -- not all of us do. But if he does have a family, they should know that he died with honor and courage in the performance of his duty. He carried the burden of a leader, and he carried it well. I didn't get the chance to know him well, but I know this: considering the type of man he was, and what we're up against, well, I wish he was still here.

Translation: We're fucked. We're fucked without Sumner. We're fucked without Earth. We're fucked without the Milky Way and everything you've got to throw at these bugs. Not even the Ancients could beat 'em. But we'll stand our ground anyway. They won't get through us to you.

Oh, and Dad? Dave? Fuck you.

I didn't run away from you; I ran to this, the most distant sky. And if I crash and burn, so be it. You never understood it and you could never stop it: I was born to fly.

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