[ huffs and reaches out to link arms with him, tucking himself up against Fox's side and rests his head against his shoulder, partly so that the proximity and angle make it hard for Fox to see his face ]
Well, it's true that I don't care to watch you suffer. Nor to suffer much myself, really.
But if it's alongside you, perhaps it wouldn't be so bad. It would be less lonely, certainly, than theirs might be.
[ ... slowly pulls back, to reach up and look into his face and cup his cheek in the palm of his hand ]
... I want you... to taste something of a full, rich life. You didn't get much of a chance for one, before. Closing myself off from others suits my own disposition just fine, but you...
The people here have treated you fairly well, this far, haven't they? Clumsily, cynically, perhaps, but with open hearts, and open minds.
[he leans into that touch, eager, hungry, even as his lip trembles]
... whatever kind of life I can have in the future--however full or rich--I want you to be a part of it. I will bear any scorn that comes of that, and I will do so proudly.
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Oh, I have a terrible idea.
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No, it wouldn't work. I could not ask you to throw yourself on the pyre to save them.
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Well, it's true that I don't care to watch you suffer. Nor to suffer much myself, really.
But if it's alongside you, perhaps it wouldn't be so bad. It would be less lonely, certainly, than theirs might be.
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Ardashir...!
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hhhhhugs him back, squeezing a bit tightly. he doesn't speak immediately, giving himself a moment to just bask in the embrace ]
What shall we do? ... We can't sacrifice ourselves alone.
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If we won by deception, then we could have the chance to fully heal another team of our choosing.
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Shall we do it, then? Lie about our clue, and encourage people to vote for us?
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Are you really prepared? To be scorned from here on, and to further the scorn against me.
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For myself, I would bear it. But to put this on you... I... I do not know.
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... I want you... to taste something of a full, rich life. You didn't get much of a chance for one, before. Closing myself off from others suits my own disposition just fine, but you...
The people here have treated you fairly well, this far, haven't they? Clumsily, cynically, perhaps, but with open hearts, and open minds.
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... whatever kind of life I can have in the future--however full or rich--I want you to be a part of it. I will bear any scorn that comes of that, and I will do so proudly.
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Will she forgive you? Primrose.
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Would it be easier for you to lose her, than to see her hurt?
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[wavers, both of those sound really bad]
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Alright.
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[ tugs him down a little and kisses his cheek ]
After you've shared it around, come meet me back in here again, won't you? Yusuke.
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[he kisses yasun's other cheek before taking a breath and striding back out]
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Are you prepared?
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... as much as I will ever be.
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Lean down a bit?
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Yes?
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for a couple seconds before he grips his head and slams his head into the wall next to him to try and knock him out flat in one hit ]
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slumps down next to him and adjusts Fox so he can curl up in his arms, face tucked against Fox's chest with his arms wrapped around his torso in turn
and waits. ]
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