... I feel complicated about it, [ he'll say, honestly. ] I think most people here would prefer not to do this. Of course they would, right? But this is the situation we've been forced into. How much blame can they take for playing along?
[ .... a sigh. ]
And of course, the answer is that we're all responsible for how we choose to act.
A bunch of the gods have been really clear that there are ways to win that don't involve... that. We might be forced into this situation, but nobody's forcing us to kill each other.
[She stiffens slightly, waiting for the 'I'm sorry', the condolences that have so often been empty words... Though somehow she gets the sense that they wouldn't be, here. Not from him.
When he trails off and doesn't finish the thought, she looks back towards him, her expression a little bit miserable - but there's a resilience to it all the same. That's cemented when she says, in a voice that she has to fight to keep from cracking slightly:]
Yeah. I know we will. I just wish... All of this was different.
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[She lets the rest go unsaid, exhaling.]
But apparently it’s just the opposite.
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[ His voice is very, very flat. ]
Might as well take risks. I think ... that's what the killers are thinking.
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[Which she's sure he already knows, so she breathes out a sigh.]
It'd be nice if everyone could stop being assholes for the rest of this competition.
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... I feel complicated about it, [ he'll say, honestly. ] I think most people here would prefer not to do this. Of course they would, right? But this is the situation we've been forced into. How much blame can they take for playing along?
[ .... a sigh. ]
And of course, the answer is that we're all responsible for how we choose to act.
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[A pause, and then a sigh.]
Except during the trials, I guess.
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... do you think it would be different, if the gods hadn't told us they could send us all home safe?
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[That being said, though...]
That still doesn't make any of this right, whether or not they're coming back.
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[ Shakes his head. ] No one should have to go through the pain of watching loved ones die, no matter what.
[ There's a distant, oh so subtly sad tone to his voice when he says that. ]
I want to spare everyone that suffering.
i still can't believe you did this
[There's something impossibly tender, vulnerable, even sorrowful in the tone of her voice. She can't quite meet his eyes as she says that.]
i love you eli
He hears her pain and immediately knows it for what it is, because it sounds just like his. His eyes widen a fraction as he stares at her. ]
Zoe.
[ He won't ask. He can't. Not when he's been utterly incapable of talking about it himself. ]
I'm...
[ ... ]
We're going to figure this out. We'll help them. Alright?
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When he trails off and doesn't finish the thought, she looks back towards him, her expression a little bit miserable - but there's a resilience to it all the same. That's cemented when she says, in a voice that she has to fight to keep from cracking slightly:]
Yeah. I know we will. I just wish... All of this was different.
WOW BE NICE TO ME!!!!!!
[ One of his hands curls into a loose fist. ]
But that's why we have to work as hard as we can. Even if it turns out that we can't stop this... we still have to try.
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If you ever have a way I can help... I'm here.
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[A pause, and then...]
Are you going to be ready for tomorrow?