[That's what stings in particular, and she's sure he can relate to that - he was trying harder than anyone to prevent something like this from happening again, she thinks.]
A way to end things without more hurt and death. An outcome to the game that would satisfy everyone, with no regrets. An answer like that ... it can't be impossible.
Yeah. That's the hard part. [ wry and tired. ] ... still. Even if those answers don't exist, I have to keep looking. I don't know what I'll find, but ...
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[ He sounds tired, but he looks fine.
Then again, he's just about the master of looking fine, no matter how awful things are, or how fucked up he feels. ]
... two weeks in a row, [ he'll murmur, and that's the clue that he's not as fine as he looks. ]
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[That's what stings in particular, and she's sure he can relate to that - he was trying harder than anyone to prevent something like this from happening again, she thinks.]
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Yu ducks his head, breathing out through his nose.
He doesn't seem to know what to say. ]
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You know that you tried as hard as you could, right?
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[ his voice is brittle, but man, he's not mad at her. ]
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[A pause.]
We're gonna get to a point where it is good enough.
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Those answers... I need to find them, if I want to stop this.
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What answers do you think you'd need to get everyone to stop hurting each other?
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If I knew, I would have acted on them already.
[ he ends up just shaking his head. ]
A way to end things without more hurt and death. An outcome to the game that would satisfy everyone, with no regrets. An answer like that ... it can't be impossible.
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...I'm not sure those are answers you can get. They're too dependent on other people.
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[ ... anything might help. ]
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[It's said as if it's the most natural thing in the world.]