Down to its core, yeah. Some're longer, some shorter, some more than once, but it sounds as if they've all been nightmares.
[ which makes the whole "audit" thing feel even worse. he frowns, deep. ]
To go through all of that, only for some outside force to tell you they think they're not sure you deserve whatever you achieved from it - it's wrong beyond measure.
[ there's something low and seething on his end as he says it, a ferocity of protectiveness, a rankled sensation at the injustice of it all. in the context of the burning of halia, seven years to the day, it feels even more stark. ]
If we're forced to play along, I've no intention of playing along quietly - we all get out of this, and break it down in our wake on the way out.
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...'m sorry to hear it. [ she's so young, he thinks. ] Worse still, that you got dragged into it again.
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... It's awful. But it's the same for everyone here, isn't it?
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[ which makes the whole "audit" thing feel even worse. he frowns, deep. ]
To go through all of that, only for some outside force to tell you they think they're not sure you deserve whatever you achieved from it - it's wrong beyond measure.
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[ the smoke thickens. ]
I saw how hard everyone was working... -- no, that's not even the point. No one should have to earn the right to live. The very idea is absurd.
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[ there's something low and seething on his end as he says it, a ferocity of protectiveness, a rankled sensation at the injustice of it all. in the context of the burning of halia, seven years to the day, it feels even more stark. ]
If we're forced to play along, I've no intention of playing along quietly - we all get out of this, and break it down in our wake on the way out.
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