[ ashlyn is sitting outside, behind the theater. like one does. she's curled up, hugging her knees to her chest. but she hears laudna's footsteps, so she looks up at her and gives a little nod. ]
But I have to. That's what voting means. Whoever I decide is the biggest threat or the biggest liability or the easiest sacrifice—you're not the one forcing me to have to do it.
We're a team. We all have to protect each other. And that means letting other people protect you, too.
Like I said. You're not wrong. If voting for Karlach would take y—two when we could vote for someone else and take one, that's better. It... sucks, but it's better.
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I just like Daan a lot, too. And Robin didn't even do anything. So it's hard.
You really did think I was saving my own skin. [she purely finds this funny.] Well, you're not wrong that I would have tried. But no, I had no idea she had a partner until Gale said so.
For me, I don't know if I can look at it as abstractly as pure numbers, but... so long as I don't know someone's partner, it could truly be anyone. So I have to consider so many people as potential consequences.
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week 4; saturday
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Everything happening at the end there... I was so frightened.
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... I'm glad you're alright, though.
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It's not nice, to have to choose between people we care about, and to try and think through what's logical about saving or losing them.
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But just choosing between lives is—not something I'm comfortable with.
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But I've been frightened, I haven't wanted to be the one to say it.
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You're so brave already.
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Like I said. You're not wrong. If voting for Karlach would take y—two when we could vote for someone else and take one, that's better. It... sucks, but it's better.
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I just like Daan a lot, too. And Robin didn't even do anything. So it's hard.
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[if that's what she meant by "take y-"]
But I do like Daan and Robin, too.
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Oh.
... Well. Still. Yeah.
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You really did think I was saving my own skin. [she purely finds this funny.] Well, you're not wrong that I would have tried. But no, I had no idea she had a partner until Gale said so.
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[ hrmgmhhngh ]
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My original partner was Aqua. She died. I found a new one!
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W-well. Either way...
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It doesn't feel good to treat it like one, but it is a numbers game.
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And that's why... Robin. She doesn't have a partner, as far as we know?
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