... no matter how similar people may be, or how they might come to agree - I do not know if I would ever suggest that they might possess the exact same notions on all things.
[ . . . ]
I suppose, if it comes to down at the end - you will be able to discern the truth if the corruption is not yet calmed once you've gathered enough like-minded people.
... while I have seen the passing of many people that I cared for, I do not think that I have quite grown accustomed to the sight. Even if it is not forever...
If there is a way that I can choose to save even one more of you -
[It's hard to put this into terms Lune will understand, and that add up to the point she's trying to make with this, but:]
So, you know how the darkness here takes people and... makes them different, even if they look the same? There was something back home doing something similar, but worse. It took them over completely, and there wasn't any way to purify them or anything like that. They were just - gone as soon as they were infected.
Something worse. Think of it like a parasite, kind of, so... The body could still move and look and sound human, but there was something different inside it.
[She pauses.]
The actual logistics of that don't matter for the point I'm trying to make, it's just... [A small sigh.] It crashed on the island I lived on, and the closest city on the mainland raised their bridge so nobody could leave. By the time we found a way off... Well, by that point, there was no we anymore. It was just me.
[She looks like she's about to say something, but pauses instead, glancing at his hands.]
...I can't do that again. That's all I meant about - a different kind of burden. I don't think most of the others would be too eager to be the last one, either, unless they're the kind of person who shouldn't be left.
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I suppose, if it comes to down at the end - you will be able to discern the truth if the corruption is not yet calmed once you've gathered enough like-minded people.
I do not wish to provide you with a false hope.
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[...]
Who would you pick, if it were your choice?
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Yourself, Shess, North... even Lea, if he would be up for the task.
[and he smiles, a little wry]
Ookurikara could just as easily be trusted as well.
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[Strange as that may seem.]
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[he speaks softly, and holds a hand out for her to take]
Why would you say that?
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I think you would make the best choice.
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he lays a hand over hers]
... even knowing that I chose Hisoka as your partner -
I do not know if I deserve such faith.
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[It's an attempt at levity, even if it doesn't quite land.]
Don't say that.
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That would require each of you to meet your end before myself.
[ . . . ]
Even if I have witnessed it before, I do not intend to rush to such a conclusion again.
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...Isn't that going to happen anyways? I mean - all of us except for one. You're not a part of our group.
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If there is a way that I can choose to save even one more of you -
I would always choose to take it.
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[Why she wishes it could be him, that is, even if she knows it more than likely can't.]
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... I would not wish my lifetime upon any other - and what I have done to learn what I have.
It would be an insult to each of you, who have faced your own struggles, and have your own views on what a universe ought to look like.
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...I don't think any of us are really going to want to do it, even if anyone on that list could.
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Are you worried of the burden it might place on your shoulders?
[it's kind of a lot
to be able to shape an entire world]
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[She pauses for a moment.]
Have I told you what was happening back home for me, before I came here? I don't think I have.
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If you would care to share, I will always listen.
[he's a bit curious - she'd mentioned a few things, but mostly out of order]
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[It's hard to put this into terms Lune will understand, and that add up to the point she's trying to make with this, but:]
So, you know how the darkness here takes people and... makes them different, even if they look the same? There was something back home doing something similar, but worse. It took them over completely, and there wasn't any way to purify them or anything like that. They were just - gone as soon as they were infected.
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... is that so....
A disease? Or something more sinister?
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[She pauses.]
The actual logistics of that don't matter for the point I'm trying to make, it's just... [A small sigh.] It crashed on the island I lived on, and the closest city on the mainland raised their bridge so nobody could leave. By the time we found a way off... Well, by that point, there was no we anymore. It was just me.
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... to already suffer a case of survivor's guilt and to be forced into this...
[he gently places his other hand atop hers that he's holding, as comforting a gesture as he can make it]
You have been through great ordeals.
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...I can't do that again. That's all I meant about - a different kind of burden. I don't think most of the others would be too eager to be the last one, either, unless they're the kind of person who shouldn't be left.
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[lune can understand that, to some degree]
Even if I could take it from you... I selfishly cannot say for certain that I would -
I do not know if it would be possible for me to accept that the young one fall before I do.
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Wait, but - the two of you aren't included in everybody but one, are you?
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