If you pick me up, you're gonna be picking up your teeth off the ground.
[this is like 95% a joke. she's also trying really hard to pretend like she's not crying as she pulls away, rubbing her face.]
I know, just - someone got into our dorm yesterday and fucked up all our drains with little bead things so none of our field trip people could use running water, and it sucked. So.
[ He totally doesn't focus on the fact that she's crying, but he follows her in. Whether she takes him to the common room or one of the bedrooms, he'll collapse wherever.
And then, ] Did you two talk about the possibility...?
[claude is a bro. she'll probably take him to one of the suites, and he'll see there's a sign on the door? beau switches the sign to yellow, and then goes to curl up on the bed with a pillow.]
Yeah. It was the first thing she said to me this week. [beau says, quietly.] I told her I didn't care.
Nope. [...] A lot of people I've known, some of the people closest to me - they'd done shit like that. Killed people without wanting to, got pulled into something they couldn't stop. I don't think that made her any less worth caring about.
I can't imagine the pressure. I would've cracked. So I just wanted to, uh. To try and give her something. Anything. Like, just a little bit of happiness.
I think you did. I asked her about you, Thursday night after we were all sent back to our dorms. She didn't have any hesitation about your importance to her. I don't think there was a doubt in her mind about you two.
[well, there's just... a little bit of heartbreak on her face at that, but. it's okay.]
... I like her a lot. She's gentle, and kind, and patient. [all things that beau really needs.] I can't - do the optimism thing right now, I can't do the - we'll get them all back! Hero bullshit.
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[this is like 95% a joke. she's also trying really hard to pretend like she's not crying as she pulls away, rubbing her face.]
I know, just - someone got into our dorm yesterday and fucked up all our drains with little bead things so none of our field trip people could use running water, and it sucked. So.
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Seriously? [ Makes a face. Extra credit. ] Is it fixed now?
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[she sniffs again. she is just standing her pretending like she's not crying like a loser.]
... Come on.
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And then, ] Did you two talk about the possibility...?
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Yeah. It was the first thing she said to me this week. [beau says, quietly.] I told her I didn't care.
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She always was considerate. She should've known that something like death wasn't going to stop you from caring about someone though.
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Nope. [...] A lot of people I've known, some of the people closest to me - they'd done shit like that. Killed people without wanting to, got pulled into something they couldn't stop. I don't think that made her any less worth caring about.
I can't imagine the pressure. I would've cracked. So I just wanted to, uh. To try and give her something. Anything. Like, just a little bit of happiness.
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I think you did. I asked her about you, Thursday night after we were all sent back to our dorms. She didn't have any hesitation about your importance to her. I don't think there was a doubt in her mind about you two.
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... I like her a lot. She's gentle, and kind, and patient. [all things that beau really needs.] I can't - do the optimism thing right now, I can't do the - we'll get them all back! Hero bullshit.
I will eventually, but I can't for right now.
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[ He leans his head back against the wall. ]
Sometimes things just suck for a while.