... She may not be happy if you're not there with her. It could be a worse fate.
[ But by the tone of his voice, it isn't any chiding or scolding. It's just a truth and, if anything, there's understanding because he feels the same way. He shares because she did. ]
Even if I return with my younger sister, I am unsure of the fate of myself and my companions. [ ... ] We may be miserable until we meet our graves.
She always says this as well. No. I will never adopt a fighting style I am not skilled in. What a waste; no muscle will change that I have a necromancer's physical frailty.
[she's not just scrawny, all necros are kind of unhealthy.]
I don't consider them the same, but I'll settle for the latter if it gets me the chance to attain the former. I don't have the luxury to die. I am not my own to throw away.
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[ But by the tone of his voice, it isn't any chiding or scolding. It's just a truth and, if anything, there's understanding because he feels the same way. He shares because she did. ]
Even if I return with my younger sister, I am unsure of the fate of myself and my companions. [ ... ] We may be miserable until we meet our graves.
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[is that his hostage who he picked kdj over, yikes.]
You may be, but I prefer misery to losing my life, I think. Some forms, at least.
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[ things are very complicated. ]
You find some of it acceptable?
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[ He thinks she can learn to be happy more than she knows now. ]
But I suppose this makes you stronger than me.
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[staring back.]
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[ Stares back at her with the same intensity. ]
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Wanting to live isn't strength. It's an instinct. Perhaps you have less of it than I do. It's irrelevant.
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[ leg days are important. ]
Instinct would be the fear of death. Living and surviving are different, unless to you they are the same.
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[she's not just scrawny, all necros are kind of unhealthy.]
I don't consider them the same, but I'll settle for the latter if it gets me the chance to attain the former. I don't have the luxury to die. I am not my own to throw away.
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[ But he can accept necromancers are just all like this. In a kind of annoyed, but not actually annoyed tone: ]
What do you accept praise on.
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[this is such a lie but there's certainly no topic she accepts it gracefully.]
I know what I am and am not good at, I don't see why I ought to care about someone else's opinion.
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[ Him included, actually, but he uses similar reasoning. ]
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[no she's being difficult for sure.]