catch-all: ashlyn.

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And scary. Being a living weapon... I don't know how they can act so cheerful most of the time.

[killies]

It's kind of annoying.

[ be more openly depressed about it :/ ]

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... A little, yeah.

[cope worse :/]

[killies]

But I... guess I get why no one would want to be honest about how that feels. Being someone who puts other people in danger just by being around them.

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[... she gets a complicated look on her face, but it's here and gone in a matter of seconds.]

Must be lonely, I think.

[killies]

Really? I think there would always be people willing to take the risk and stick around. People are annoying like that.

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You think so?

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Yeah. [ she thinks so, anyway. ] So it's not loneliness. It's just... guilt.

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Could be both, I think... But more of the latter, probably.

[killies]

Anyway. It doesn't matter. It's not any of my business.

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... Yeah, guess not. We keep hearing some pretty private stuff during the executions.

[killies]

People tend to get fixated on their problems when they're about to die...

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It must be part of watching your life flash before your eyes, or something...

[killies]

Is that what happens?

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Kind of?

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[ thinking about this... ]

I saw Aiden, when he died?

[ THAT'S NOT THE SAME THING. ]

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[HELP. she stares.]

Like... you watched him die or...?

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Yeah. And then it was like all the time I've spent with him flashed through my head at once.

[ after a pause she does think to add: ]

He's fine, though. We don't stay dead.