"The threat wasn't what made him stand down, trust me. Dude was ready to die for his cause. I didn't scare him."
A greater impetus seemed to be that he'd been in love with Moses or something. And the arguments people were making.
As for the hand, well, he'd been suspicious of the Council from the moment they did the swabbing and all that. All the distrust in the world didn't save his hand.
"Why do you care if I'm taking on the risks so other people don't have to? We don't really know each other well enough that you'd care about me yet, except maybe beyond some general altruism enough to save my ass. So what's this all about? Are you trying to understand me or...?"
A pause.
"Or are you trying to understand yourself?"
It was strange, that he was talking like people weren't worth saving and yet he ran across the fight to help him. Twice.
"You saved my life. The way you talk, it's like you think there's no one worth giving a damn about, so why'd you help me? Do you even know why?"
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A greater impetus seemed to be that he'd been in love with Moses or something. And the arguments people were making.
As for the hand, well, he'd been suspicious of the Council from the moment they did the swabbing and all that. All the distrust in the world didn't save his hand.
"Why do you care if I'm taking on the risks so other people don't have to? We don't really know each other well enough that you'd care about me yet, except maybe beyond some general altruism enough to save my ass. So what's this all about? Are you trying to understand me or...?"
A pause.
"Or are you trying to understand yourself?"
It was strange, that he was talking like people weren't worth saving and yet he ran across the fight to help him. Twice.
"You saved my life. The way you talk, it's like you think there's no one worth giving a damn about, so why'd you help me? Do you even know why?"