[ hug!! he hugs right back. they can just chill somewhere as he sorts through all they've seen. ]
Hm... I think we've got quite a while. [ of course they can be affected really quickly with the rage and stuff, but when it comes to this: ] No one yet has fallen victim to a promise of happiness that isn't real.
it takes active effort for him to hope for the best. he hasn't given up on it yet. ]
It's true. We'll need to work on things to keep our minds from straying. [ which he says seriously, but then smiles. ] But in the meantime, we'll do what have been thus far. Keeping our memories, thinking of each other. Alertness and intelligence seem to make it more difficult to be absorbed into this... 'hivemind.' Keeping a strong sense of self will help, I'm sure.
A generous way to say stubborn! But I do think we're well on our way to success. [ their clues!! ] I don't doubt that we will lose some things on the way...
[ we can really set this after some of their explorations and after joe dies. there's a somber note to his emotions for a moment, as genuine as all the happiness that often resides in him. ]
But we won't leave anyone behind, anymore than we need to. I believe in you more than anyone for that.
[ she is touched and moved by his words. her emotions reflect that. it is hard to not like being believed in. ]
I will do what I can. [ but she is ready to draw lines and choose saving some over saving none. she is not an all or nothing person. ] At least for what souls remain... I worry about what will happen to them during the festival they keep talking about.
[ right now, it's really a question of whether there's anyone left to save at all. at least they have their crew crystal rats. ]
Yes, especially if they congregate at these temples... This predator already seems to have taken parts of them into itself. [ these poor incomplete souls ] If nothing else, we will stop it from claiming any more victims.
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Hm... I think we've got quite a while. [ of course they can be affected really quickly with the rage and stuff, but when it comes to this: ] No one yet has fallen victim to a promise of happiness that isn't real.
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she frowns in thought. ]
Yet. I worry because we are in the heart of it instead of the extension that is the ship. I don't think we aren't without defenses, but....
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it takes active effort for him to hope for the best. he hasn't given up on it yet. ]
It's true. We'll need to work on things to keep our minds from straying. [ which he says seriously, but then smiles. ] But in the meantime, we'll do what have been thus far. Keeping our memories, thinking of each other. Alertness and intelligence seem to make it more difficult to be absorbed into this... 'hivemind.' Keeping a strong sense of self will help, I'm sure.
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his effort isn't unnoticed. his is a kind of optimism that shouxue can at least partially accept. ]
That shouldn't be too much of a problem for most of us. Too many of you are strong-minded, and many of you have put many clues together.
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he laughs, taking this as a compliment. ]
A generous way to say stubborn! But I do think we're well on our way to success. [ their clues!! ] I don't doubt that we will lose some things on the way...
[ we can really set this after some of their explorations and after joe dies. there's a somber note to his emotions for a moment, as genuine as all the happiness that often resides in him. ]
But we won't leave anyone behind, anymore than we need to. I believe in you more than anyone for that.
[ their ghosts... ]
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I will do what I can. [ but she is ready to draw lines and choose saving some over saving none. she is not an all or nothing person. ] At least for what souls remain... I worry about what will happen to them during the festival they keep talking about.
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Yes, especially if they congregate at these temples... This predator already seems to have taken parts of them into itself. [ these poor incomplete souls ] If nothing else, we will stop it from claiming any more victims.
[ resolute!! so ready to kill this thing!!! ]
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We have no other choice, but I will not stand idly by even though there is no other choice. Or even if there is one.
[ she does want to save people even if it's just them. ]