[Maybe another time, they can have a conversation about this. A real talk about her doing all the things he's done for others. What he should be doing now. Push your feelings aside, help someone else. Make sure someone else is all right, even if you're breaking down. If the world is sliding sideways, you make sure they're okay.]
[If... it could be the end of the road, you make sure someone else might live to walk further.]
[She's avoiding looking at him, and he can't help but look at her.] I... I know.
[He's heard it, whispered through the ranks of the Nest. Like a refrain. Like the last cries of radio static in deep space. And just as hollow, in places. Not here -- not from her. That much, he can tell. His friend is gone, and she's grieving too.]
What...? No, no, you're --
[As it dawns on him what she's saying, he shakes his head. The fact she came at all means something. The fact she offered anything...] -- It's all right.
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[If... it could be the end of the road, you make sure someone else might live to walk further.]
[She's avoiding looking at him, and he can't help but look at her.] I... I know.
[He's heard it, whispered through the ranks of the Nest. Like a refrain. Like the last cries of radio static in deep space. And just as hollow, in places. Not here -- not from her. That much, he can tell. His friend is gone, and she's grieving too.]
What...? No, no, you're --
[As it dawns on him what she's saying, he shakes his head. The fact she came at all means something. The fact she offered anything...] -- It's all right.
It'll be fine.