sacredpath | pc: lucas

From:

[awful. but she just feels very sad, thinking about it.]

I hate the notion of having to think about killing one of our own, even if it's the best outcome.

From:

faithkept

[There is an empathetic vibe.]

I'm sure we would all rather avoid it if there happened to be a better way. Even knowing that they're close by and safe doesn't negate the difficulties of passing for them, or loss for the rest.

From:

sacredpath

[this struck a nerve and now he gets to deal with her being suddenly very upset.]

Whether it's right or whether it isn't, I don't want to keep hurting people I care about. I don't want that to be the only thing I can do. It isn't fair.

From:

faithkept

[coming back to friday pcs after saturday is always so funny.

He meets the upset with the same sort of mellow air, though there's concern in it, too. And something adamant as he says:]

It isn't the only thing that you can do. [A beat.] ...But it is an unfair and cruel situation. I wish that I had something of greater worth to say... I don't wish to give only cold comforts.

From:

sacredpath

[for real]

I think the only comforts anyone could give are cold. You can't reassure me it doesn't have to be that way, because it does.

[so she's grateful for his concern, but also grateful he didn't try to pretend otherwise.]

From:

faithkept

So it does. [There's a little lilt of something softly melancholic, but it doesn't surface for long.] ...At the very least, we can do whatever possible to support one another through the difficulties, in whatever ways we can.