requiemed | pc catchall for ray (selfimmolates)

[She pauses for another long moment, before, to his last point:]

That’s what he told me was going to happen to him, too. Maybe I could have helped him find a way around it if I wasn’t here.

So either way, he's on a path that might soon end in death.

[a cheery way of putting it, but.]

And again, it goes back to what you value: a meaningless but ignorantly blissful life, or a difficult life but one where you had the capacity to decide things on your own terms.

I'm not Connor, so I won't decide for him which is better. But neither are you.

[...]

It's not all up to you. Don't get caught up in the trap of thinking it is, like the trap of wondering if you could've done more to save your brother. If Connor wants to find a solution, it's not like he's lacking in friends on the other side to consult with.

And in the end, there's still the matter of the wishes—what we came here for to begin with.

It’s not a...

[She opens her mouth to respond to that immediately, but she thinks better of whatever it was, taking a breath instead.]

...I don’t think either Justice or Love are going to win.

Probably not. Based on what people were discussing, it'll likely be Ambition or Piety. Still, Connor has one more chance to switch, and there's been a lot of talk about granting as many wishes as possible.

I think they're all going to have a proper, final discussion tomorrow. I've asked Newt to see if he can get Patience to make the TV work one more time.

[a pause.]

Speaking of which—it's been confirmed. That rock makes you one of Patience's followers now. The living knows this too, which means that they officially have no choice but to coordinate, as they're all at risk of losing thanks to Patience's potential majority.

[...]

Do you think it would count if I gave it back tomorrow? Sunday is defection day.

You can try. There's no way to confirm if it actually counts as a defection, but I know Chuuya gave back his rock.

... Julius might have your token, though.