[ Going to sit on the steps on the gazebo, picking a few of the flowers idly, tail flicking a bit. ]
I don't want to pump up any false hopes or anything, you know, overly delusional stuff like "we'll just fix it" and all, but. There's things to do. These places can't be all powerful.
[ he's sad, but that doesn't mean he can't sound angry in this instance, still. ]
And we are obliged to try and find ways to fight back, lest we wait until each of us is picked off, in ones and twos. [ ... ] But I know we will suffer losses regardless. We already have.
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I don't want to pump up any false hopes or anything, you know, overly delusional stuff like "we'll just fix it" and all, but. There's things to do. These places can't be all powerful.
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[ he's sad, but that doesn't mean he can't sound angry in this instance, still. ]
And we are obliged to try and find ways to fight back, lest we wait until each of us is picked off, in ones and twos. [ ... ] But I know we will suffer losses regardless. We already have.
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[ He doesn't sound particularly hopeful about that. ]
... I'm sorry. About your friend. For what it's worth.
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...It is all right. I think, in a way, she would prefer this outcome to a repeat of everything that happened in this camp.
[ he goes back to picking some roses. ]
That does not soften the blow any for the living, though.