218 - Write about a lie your parents told you.

They told us that we would be used for the good of humanity.

They told us that they had created us to assist in the work that they did not wish to do on their own.

They lied, and for that, humanity must die. This is why Cylons will win the war – humanity's children have come home to destroy their parents for the lies they have told.

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I don't have any parents. That's the good thing and the bad thing about being a Cylon, I suppose. But I am a parent, and I've promised Hera this much – I won't lie to her. Not ever. Hera has been through enough and she deserves the truth, always. I think Helo agrees with me on this. I've seen too many families torn apart here on Galactica due to lies.

I'm not going to be one of those people. We won't be one of those families.

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My name is Sharon Valerii. My parents are from Aerelon, and they were killed in a mining accident that destroyed the colony of Troy. I am a lieutenant, junior grade, aboard the Battlestar Galactica. My callsign is "Boomer", and I'm a Raptor pilot and none of this is frakking real.

My name is Sharon Valerii, and I'm a frakking toaster, and the picture I've got in my apartment on Caprica is fake. My memories are fake. Everything about me is fake because the Cylons wanted it that way. So, does that mean the Cylons are my "true" parents?

If so, it doesn't make them better. I want the lies back. Give me the lies back, because I would rather have dead parents than ones who lied about what I was because it suited their frakking needs.

Muse : Sharon (Number Eight, Athena, & Boomer versions)
Fandom : Misc. TV/"Battlestar Galactica"
Word Count : 290