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[personal profile] killies 2024-07-21 02:15 am (UTC)(link)
... It was worth the attempt.

And now you know how trying to handle things like that goes.
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[personal profile] killies 2024-07-21 02:31 am (UTC)(link)
That's what I've been counting on, yeah.
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[personal profile] killies 2024-07-21 02:46 am (UTC)(link)
[ unfortunately there is an undercurrent of hopelessness. seeing people get midtrialed constantly will do that. ]

... Mathis wants to give up.
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[personal profile] killies 2024-07-21 03:11 am (UTC)(link)
I can't change his mind.
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[personal profile] killies 2024-07-21 03:21 am (UTC)(link)
[ she goes quiet at that, mulling it over for a long moment. ]

But I'm still fighting for him...
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[personal profile] killies 2024-07-21 03:40 am (UTC)(link)
I can't guarantee much of anything anymore.
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[personal profile] killies 2024-07-21 07:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Then it doesn't really matter what I say, does it? If it's something that has to be a secret from me.
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[personal profile] killies 2024-07-21 08:03 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't want to lose control of myself again.

[ 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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[personal profile] killies 2024-07-21 08:38 pm (UTC)(link)
[ 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. ]

Okay. Okay.