[ Blows a breath out, catching a long strand of hair in it. ]
Mais, we'll think of something. There has to be some way we can make this work for all of us. For people to stop dying, for the dead to get their peace, for you to get out of this. I have to believe that.
I mean, aside from my oath, it's like. Circle of life shit. I'm only where I am because of a whole bunch of dead people I never got to meet trying to make shit better for me. Not just my family, but my fencing teacher's teachers, people who came before my in my faith, everyone else. I owe them.
You mean the shades here that include my friends? People I cared about? Those shades? Fuck- with how long you've been doing this, there's every chance you've had every member of my family here individually. That's just statistics.
[ Eyeroll. He sure is good at proving her right. He doesn't care about anyone if it doesn't benefit him. ]
I know what I owe them. You're not convincing me otherwise dude.
[ No parting barb as she drops back down off the roof. She's more than had her fill of him and his cold smug superiority. Same as it has always been. ]
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[ Hoped, really. ]
So... do you have a plan beyond hoping nobody finds you forever?
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[ Blows a breath out, catching a long strand of hair in it. ]
Mais, we'll think of something. There has to be some way we can make this work for all of us. For people to stop dying, for the dead to get their peace, for you to get out of this. I have to believe that.
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Why do you all care so much about what happens to the dead? They're worthless.
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I mean, aside from my oath, it's like. Circle of life shit. I'm only where I am because of a whole bunch of dead people I never got to meet trying to make shit better for me. Not just my family, but my fencing teacher's teachers, people who came before my in my faith, everyone else. I owe them.
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No one owes anyone anything. You owe the shades here even less than that.
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[ Eyeroll. He sure is good at proving her right. He doesn't care about anyone if it doesn't benefit him. ]
I know what I owe them. You're not convincing me otherwise dude.
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[ Stands herself back up again and takes her book, not bothering to mark the page. ]
We're done here.
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