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mental link / day 42
[ Impatience is a hard ball in the lower half of his gut. In taking three beats to speak, it recedes to a manageable calm. Kaji will keep this short; for his sake, not theirs. ]
( If we fall asleep, don't let them take us back to the Station. We'd rather pass peacefully. I hope you all respect our wishes. )
[ Rust's mental presence is peripheral, an averted glance. Tinged with shame: ] ( Doesn't have to be peaceful, not for me. ) [ For a moment, a landscape stretches out—choked with green, night falling fast. Swallowing it up. The ground underfoot earth, asphalt, ice. ]
( So long as it's final. )
( If we fall asleep, don't let them take us back to the Station. We'd rather pass peacefully. I hope you all respect our wishes. )
[ Rust's mental presence is peripheral, an averted glance. Tinged with shame: ] ( Doesn't have to be peaceful, not for me. ) [ For a moment, a landscape stretches out—choked with green, night falling fast. Swallowing it up. The ground underfoot earth, asphalt, ice. ]
( So long as it's final. )
no subject
( I can't say what's more noble: fighting to survive or knowing when to die. )
[ Those who choose either have their reasons. Wanting to see a child grow up, wanting to set their loved ones free of the burden of their suffering. How people make gambits at nobility when the end nears. It is so difficult still to contain the bitter taste of preemptive guilt from bleeding through the link, and he doesn't even know it. ]
( I'm trying to find out for myself. Is this life so bad that you'd rather not wake up again? )