[ she has a guesstimate for time, but it's difficult to explain. she was largely alone down there, but there were very, very brief times she had company. ]
...Do you think you could ever have a more peaceful life?
Sometimes the gap between what should and shouldn't be, and what actually is can't be bridged just by refusing to sacrifice anyone, but too often people give up on that ideal.
But I think I'd be happier to sacrifice myself if I knew that eventually, no one would have to.
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Trapped like you are here?
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...It was different. I was alone. No cult, no sacrifices.
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... That must've been tough. It's hard to hold onto your sanity like that.
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I still don't know exactly how many hours, or days, or years I spent there.
[ you're really going to make me write out her womanpain because he won't say anything about himself ]
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But you were awake the entire time? Just you in... a prison?
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For the most part. It's... not really a place you can safely lose your consciousness, so I had to keep moving.
[ also idk anything about kh ]
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Doing... what?
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[ she shakes her head. I'VE HAD ENOUGH! ]
What about you? What were you doing before you got here?
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he smiles a little, and it looks pretty exhausted ]
Walking. Fighting monsters. [ he looks back at the fire ] Probably not for as long as you. I could keep track of the time, at least.
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I wish we didn't have that in common.
[ she has a guesstimate for time, but it's difficult to explain. she was largely alone down there, but there were very, very brief times she had company. ]
...Do you think you could ever have a more peaceful life?
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He's silent for a while. ]
No. There's no escaping. Some people need to make sacrifices for the good of the many.
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but aqua thinks he's being a good person i love being nerfed ]
...That's true. We have a responsibility to help others. Especially when we have the means to.
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Do you think being trapped where you were was worth it then?
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...I wouldn't want anyone else to have to go through that.
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You're right. They shouldn't be.
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Sometimes the gap between what should and shouldn't be, and what actually is can't be bridged just by refusing to sacrifice anyone, but too often people give up on that ideal.
But I think I'd be happier to sacrifice myself if I knew that eventually, no one would have to.