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[requiemed]

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[selfimmolates]

Probably not, no.

[requiemed]

I'm gonna say it anyways. Brave, persistent, caring... All that stuff.

[selfimmolates]

... Not really. I just do what needs to be done.

[requiemed]

[She looks at him for a second.]

You know, someone pretty smart told me once that giving up is always an option.

[selfimmolates]

And what makes you think I haven't taken that option before?

[requiemed]

[She pauses for a minute.]

What do you mean?

[selfimmolates]

[...]

What it sounds like. I gave up, and I regret a lot of what happened because of that. So I'm making up for it now.

[requiemed]

Can I ask... what happened?

[selfimmolates]

[he shrugs.]

People dying, my sister cutting off her ear, stuff like that.

[requiemed]

...Stuff like that. Right. Just normal things like that.

[she hates this so much—]

I meant more, like... When you say you gave up, what does that mean?

[selfimmolates]

That? Nothing in particular, really. I guess it'd be more honest to say that I didn't bother with hope from the beginning. Logic and pragmatism were easier.

[requiemed]

So... You didn't do anything in particular, but you still consider it giving up?

[selfimmolates]

Yes, because that was part of the problem.

[requiemed]

...I gotta admit, it’s hard to imagine from you.

[selfimmolates]

[he shrugs.]

Well, it was complicated.

[requiemed]

Either way... You should be proud about how far you’ve come, if that’s the case.

[selfimmolates]

[...]

Thanks.

[requiemed]

I kind of get the feeling you don't believe me.

[selfimmolates]

Just your imagination.