pc: euphausia

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[sacredpath]

Yes. I can't help but think that at least it's undeniable now.

[trifocal]

Why would anyone do such a thing...? Try to orchestrate the demise of people who could have had a second chance at life?

[sacredpath]

I think we know, don't we? At least in part. Those apples.

[though the apples still don't explain the week before.]

[trifocal]

[ wincing a little. ]

Was the temptation really so great? Even knowing that in taking a life, one risks losing their own chance at redemption...?

[sacredpath]

Not for me, but for some, aren't those promises rather significant?

[trifocal]

Well... yes, I cannot deny that. But it is harder to imagine a specific person among us choosing to take such an offer...

[sacredpath]

I think... for me... it's more that I can't imagine it because I don't know the circumstances others might have that would lead them to desperation. None of us know that much about each other - despite everything, we're still mostly strangers to one another.

[trifocal]

[ ... ]

... So we are. After all of the merriment of this past week, I...

Perhaps I have been naive.

[sacredpath]

[well now she feels fucking bad.]

I don't know about naive. It's just better not to forget.