Good. [she doesn't want to talk too directly about what was minutes from happening before ara started to ara, but. she doesn't want ash to feel hopeless, either.] I'm not ready to start giving up on people. Not even now.
[ not that she likes the idea of other people exerting control to counteract that, either. but she's logical enough to lean towards the greater good. ]
[ she almost says 'it's worth trying' but then she thinks about kate and decides she doesn't necessarily believe that. she's just too scared and selfish to do the right thing instead. ]
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And now you know how trying to handle things like that goes.
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... Mathis wants to give up.
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[not a huge surprise there.]
Trying to convince him not to?
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But I'm still fighting for him...
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[she continues to work on her doll, twisting some thread into a sweet little smile for it.]
It did work, a little. Thursday. We can do something similar again, if that will help. You couldn't know in advance what it would be.
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[ not that she likes the idea of other people exerting control to counteract that, either. but she's logical enough to lean towards the greater good. ]
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Okay. Okay.
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It's worth trying. We all just have to get to the end.