d3 debate {spark v nixton}

    

Diamond's fair falls in spinning spirals of blonde illumination as she stands beneath the lights. Over the past couple of weeks she has grown accustom again to being within the eyes of the watchers. This time feels different though, there isn't death within the prisms of her eyes. Instead, she speaks of hope and of an onward journey upward. She has heard sentiment shifting between the scheduled changes of the workers in the factories. However, she can never know how much is enough or too little. All she can do is stand here again today and promise to continue her pursuit for change. Her fingers adjust the microphone as she listens respectfully to Catherine.

As the current Mayor quiets, Diamond allows herself a moment of contemplation. Catherine was just about as vulnerable as someone can be on the stage, she deserves a second of solidarity in silence. Alas, as the short seconds pass Diamond begins to speak herself.

"Loss is a terrible anchor and you have had more tied to you than most could handle. I think speak for every person in our District when I say that your strength is without question."

Diamond shares a soft smile with the older woman before looking out into the audience, into the crowds, to answer the question herself. She can already feel her chest tightening at the thoughts.

"It wasn't until later in my life that I think I came to understand just how difficult my childhood and early young adult life was. Everything that happened just seemed like my normal, something that happens far too often when corruption seeps into families."

Diamond pauses for a moment to collect herself, she can't break here. Diamond's are supposed to be strong after all.

"My Mother died giving birth to me and my Father saw me as her killer. He ignored my existence until the only person who every cared for me, raised me, died. With Prism gone, I found myself on the edge of my Father's hatred and facing my falling mental health in a system with no net to catch me. I eventually found the support I needed in my other half-siblings, but that life is what woke me up to the changes that need to be made. There needs to be nets to catch those who fall and measures to stop corruption like my Father's."