It's been on my mind all week, what to do about it, and who to talk to about it. It's not just people wanting their memories back or someone's nova splintering now, but the fact that killing someone brings the dead closer to returning...
The motives are so varied now. And to tell me that to save them, I'd have to...
[ The seriousness of which he says this prompts a rather sudden and startled laugh out of Dorothy, although she has to press a hand over her abdomen as the wound protests. ]
[Perhaps wisely, he says nothing of her maneuver in the classroom that prevented him from hanging the first time. It wasn't anything fancy, but it was effective and bold.]
Information is worth more than physical favors here.
It works out... I wanted to find out more about stabilizing the nova and just what options we still have. I can't pay you if we can't go home, after all.
And rather unfortunately for me, I can't interest you in the other type of physical favors. [ Which is fine. ]
let them hang
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... But they also suggested I ask my "friend" about it, without any further indication of who they were referring to.
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[ A pause, and she opens her eyes again, glancing down at her palms. ]
But maybe part of it was just that I didn't want to believe that's what it would take.
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[ Then again, most things don't really faze Rufus on an outward level and probably a few levels beyond that. ]
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[ It's a little softer. ]
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That's partly what made me decide to tell you-- that there was proof that there was a way to return.
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We weren't the first ones to die on an expedition.
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[ Now she just huffs, quietly. ]
It's been on my mind all week, what to do about it, and who to talk to about it. It's not just people wanting their memories back or someone's nova splintering now, but the fact that killing someone brings the dead closer to returning...
The motives are so varied now. And to tell me that to save them, I'd have to...
[ She trails off, eyebrows furrowing. ]
Really, why am I even here...
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What would I do without you to be so wonderfully pragmatic at me?
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I'm afraid I can't answer that.
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It was a rhetorical question. [ With a trace of a smile. ]
You've helped me out quite a bit this week... I'm going to need to start pulling my weight more.
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N-no, that... wasn't literal...
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I meant... [ ouch ] ... more on an informative level. Obviously I can't return too many favors on a physical level.
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Information is worth more than physical favors here.
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It works out... I wanted to find out more about stabilizing the nova and just what options we still have. I can't pay you if we can't go home, after all.
And rather unfortunately for me, I can't interest you in the other type of physical favors. [ Which is fine. ]
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I have no interest in things without monetary benefits.
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[ Consistency is attractive too, she considers saying, but she'll resist. He'd likely just grimace at her. ]
I hope they give you what you need.
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