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I'm pointing out the obvious. Games like this would be easier if you didn't care about anyone. No mental anguish, no worries that the people you care about most might die because you chose to protect someone else you thought might be more at risk. . .
That's not me speaking ill of your attachments. That's me stating a fact.
[shakes his head]
. . . and arguing about it is pointless, anyway. All of us have people we want to protect, even-- [hesitates, choking on his words a bit]
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Yes. That's the most obvious answer in a game this simple.
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Bad End is going to get wrecked.
[and so are we, goes unsaid]
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That almost goes without saying.
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[his features wrinkle, before he turns away to slam his fist against the wall, shoulders hunched]
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He's saving his own punching for later though. ]
Do you want to protect them?
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Yeah.
[a pause]
And LiliS, too.
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[ Since when???? ]
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[good question!]
[he ain't answering it]
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[hesitates. . .]
He's not a girl.
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[immediately looks away]
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It seems this may be the only downside of our having so many attachments.
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And nobody listened to me when I said not making friends was the way to go.
[Mars didn't even listen to himself]
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Yes, you did a pretty terrible job with that one.
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[ It was one thing when you wanted to shout about cutting off Exael's head but
Making your unitmates feel bad for needing friends and having attachments is Not Helpful. ]
Those same attachments you're deriding have saved us multiple times in the past. Don't speak ill of them.
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[turning to face her, grip on his collar tightening]
I'm pointing out the obvious. Games like this would be easier if you didn't care about anyone. No mental anguish, no worries that the people you care about most might die because you chose to protect someone else you thought might be more at risk. . .
That's not me speaking ill of your attachments. That's me stating a fact.
[shakes his head]
. . . and arguing about it is pointless, anyway. All of us have people we want to protect, even-- [hesitates, choking on his words a bit]
Even me, okay? So let's focus on that.
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[ Though Eclipse himself doesn't seem very happy about it, either. ]
...And in any case, we all have that problem, himself included. So let's figure out how we're gonna deal with who to choose first.
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[he answers simply]
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i'm already tired. has it been three hours yet? ]
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