Winning

From theatrical_muse: If life's a game who do you think is winning?

"Well, not me" is my immediate reaction.

Mind you, I don't think anyone does for long. I mean, look at Servalan--and why not? She's a sight for sore eyes if she's not actually trying to kill you. Once supreme commander then president of the Federation (and all those other titles she probably made up) and now a minor commissioner in one of the more unfashionable sectors (and I know because we lived there on Xenon, raising the tone considerably) and having to kill of anyone who remembers her in her glory is a bit of a come down. Blake certainly didn't win. Now I think of it, just about everyone we've met in the last few years came to a bad end and we almost did too.

I remember when the Pyroans blew up their planet, Cally thought they were the only ones who won that particular little stuff-up. I said at the time that if that was winning, I'd take losing, and you know what? Being around and not in prison or in front of a firing squad feels pretty close to winning to me.

Anyway, depends on what you call a winner. If it's the rich bastards with all their things, or the guys who give the orders, then I'm a loser. But I'm here on this ship with Kerril and my friends and that feels all right to me.