[ His voice grates on her. Mocks her. It's taking her back to that cabin six months ago, and she can barely keep herself from becoming nauseous on top of everything else.
She doesn't answer, not meeting his eye and instead noticing her own progress, how he has to pause occasionally so she can catch up. Can they really save Terra like this?
She's barely thinking, only driven by the 'no' she's given herself as she stops and looks over her device. She seems to be looking something up. ]
... If there is no greenhouse and shed near where she works in Genessia, there may be one at her other store in Attleton.
[ She closes her eyes, slumping, almost feeling like this is a surrendering gesture if anything. She wants to kill him still. There are many good reasons why she should. He can still hurt, torture, and kill many people here. Is it that she isn't strong enough to take his life, to carry his blood on her hands? She doesn't know. She still can't bring herself to raise her sword to him again.
When she finally does look at him again, she's still conflicted. This man changed her life. This man took her leg, forced her to live in nightmares for months and to hide said suffering from a dear friend, and yet... Why?
It doesn't feel like a kindness to let him live, but the bottom line is here and now. She can't keep going, and if she does? By the time they do reach Terra, if they do, it will be too late. All she would do from here is slow him down when haste is what he needs.
Why does she believe him about her? Perhaps it is her being a fool, but... If it is true... ]
Go.
[ It's all she has to say to him. It's the only hint she wants to give at what she's going through, because this? She's not about to give him the satisfaction of her hate and anguish of having to do this. He needs to find her, though what he's going to do with her she doesn't know.
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She doesn't answer, not meeting his eye and instead noticing her own progress, how he has to pause occasionally so she can catch up. Can they really save Terra like this?
She's barely thinking, only driven by the 'no' she's given herself as she stops and looks over her device. She seems to be looking something up. ]
... If there is no greenhouse and shed near where she works in Genessia, there may be one at her other store in Attleton.
[ She closes her eyes, slumping, almost feeling like this is a surrendering gesture if anything. She wants to kill him still. There are many good reasons why she should. He can still hurt, torture, and kill many people here. Is it that she isn't strong enough to take his life, to carry his blood on her hands? She doesn't know. She still can't bring herself to raise her sword to him again.
When she finally does look at him again, she's still conflicted. This man changed her life. This man took her leg, forced her to live in nightmares for months and to hide said suffering from a dear friend, and yet... Why?
It doesn't feel like a kindness to let him live, but the bottom line is here and now. She can't keep going, and if she does? By the time they do reach Terra, if they do, it will be too late. All she would do from here is slow him down when haste is what he needs.
Why does she believe him about her? Perhaps it is her being a fool, but... If it is true... ]
Go.
[ It's all she has to say to him. It's the only hint she wants to give at what she's going through, because this? She's not about to give him the satisfaction of her hate and anguish of having to do this. He needs to find her, though what he's going to do with her she doesn't know.
Is this even right, to let him go...? ]