[He just seems steadfast about this in particular.]
You can. I'm not saying it will always turn out the best, that you'll never make mistakes or choose the wrong thing, but so many times I've heard people say I wish I'd listened more to my heart. I'll even allow for the "gut." A perfectly reasonable decision-making tool, your gut. But your head? Too full of itself. Gets in its own way all the time.
I wasn't the only person there you had to convince, you know. And like hell was she going to let you.
[ beau didn't seem like the type to just roll over and accept that. ]
It didn't really matter anyway. Even if you looked suspicious, the second her staff appeared, anyone who was doubting between the two of you would have picked her.
I didn't vote. I don't know who voted, except maybe that Steven guy since he was vocal about it.
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I didn't trust that this place's "justice" wasn't anything but a death sentence. But I still wanted to find out what happened to the kid. How shitty is it to die surrounded by strangers who don't actually give a fuck about you? All I wanted was to figure out what happened to him, and why, so that maybe we could shed some light on another act of seemingly senseless violence.
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[ but he just gives molly a look. ]
You can't always choose with your heart.
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[He just seems steadfast about this in particular.]
You can. I'm not saying it will always turn out the best, that you'll never make mistakes or choose the wrong thing, but so many times I've heard people say I wish I'd listened more to my heart. I'll even allow for the "gut." A perfectly reasonable decision-making tool, your gut. But your head? Too full of itself. Gets in its own way all the time.
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[ he'll give him that.
... ]
Well, for some people, following their heart will just make them a worse person. It's not always a bad thing to be picky.
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[Hm. Well.]
I don't think we're going to agree on this.
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[ ... ]
I don't think wanting to protect her was wrong. Neither was trying to take her place.
[ he just disagrees with how he went about it. ]
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[It was probably too late to stop a rolling train or other fantasy appropriate metaphor, but still. He'd offered himself.]
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[ beau didn't seem like the type to just roll over and accept that. ]
It didn't really matter anyway. Even if you looked suspicious, the second her staff appeared, anyone who was doubting between the two of you would have picked her.
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We didn't have to vote.
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[ ... ]
I didn't trust that this place's "justice" wasn't anything but a death sentence. But I still wanted to find out what happened to the kid. How shitty is it to die surrounded by strangers who don't actually give a fuck about you? All I wanted was to figure out what happened to him, and why, so that maybe we could shed some light on another act of seemingly senseless violence.
[ ... ]
It just didn't turn out that way.