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[The recording is a bit of muffled static at first as she has to move her hand to hold the device better.]

Whoever you are, you'd better be ready for a fight. I'm not going down that easy. You can't just kidnap me and get away with it.

[There's a splash as she jumps from the pod into the water.]

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I don't know.

[ Dorothy is trying to hold back judgement. She knows the world - her world - could be a cruel and unfair place. However, shutting everyone out never helped anyone. She had faith in only a few people, but that faith was there. ]

Probably. People don't usually realize when they're ...

[ Searches for the right word. ]

... when they've gone wrong.

I can only speak for myself. I would have been killed if I had been on my own.

That's the worst part. They think they're doing the right thing, but if you're not a part of the right thing, it's a disaster. It can be.

[It's honestly a miracle that she hasn't died yet, and with a baby in her care to boot.]

I do fine. I manage fine. I can take care of us.

[It's not clear if she's convincing herself or Dorothy.]

Some people can be part of the wrong thing. And make the right choice in the end.

[ She didn't ... like, or really dislike, Angel. But, she at least made the rigit decision when it came down to it.

Some people, however, failed to admit when they were wrong.

There was a long, awkward pause, before she finally said: ]

You don't have to trust anyone right away.

I don't.

But you can be willing to be surprised.

They're not really wrong, they're like me. They just want to survive.

[She knows it and can even respect it a little, but it sucks.]

Maybe I'm not willing to be surprised.

[She was, still a part of her was. Javi managed to nudge his way in, didn't he?]

Perhaps.

[ Survival was definitely a better motivator than power. ]

Why not?

I'd rather be surprised by something positive, than otherwise.

[ This is all said in the same even tone, however, so it's hard to tell how earnest she's being. ]

[She pauses a moment.]

Because everyone dies in the end. Getting attached is kind of a waste of time.

[ Dorothy is again, quiet, for an awkward period of time. ]

Unless I am destroyed, I will likely outlive everyone I know.

[ And murder is not uncommon in Paradigm. ]

That only makes those lives more precious.

I'm not saying they're not, but I've lost more people than you can imagine. People die every day thanks to the walkers.

[Her world just wasn't pretty.]

This is not your world.

There are no walkers here.

What makes this world different? People don't leave?

People tend not to die as much.

[ Just leaving was a different matter, though. ]

Huh. How lucky for you then.

[It isn't like she has anyone to die on her, after all.]

It's the same for you here.

I don't know anyone here, and if I die, I die.

... I see.

[ She doesn't point out how she obviously now knows everyone here.

Knowing and knowing are entirely different things. ]

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