It sucks, but... must be harder on a guy like you. It's my job to keep my men safe, if I can, but-- it's my job to send 'em into the fray, too. Not to patch them up after.
[and then there's oripathy, there's the way it disproportionately affects sarkaz-- so many of them die, all the time. she was born amidst death. grew up amidst death. she learned to kill before being killed, she lives with an unknown time limit, a ticking clock within her blood.
sarkaz have always lived hand in hand with death.]
...this fucking place. [she grumbles, angrily.] You should've-- your death was supposed to be the last you ever had to see of it.
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... My apologies, Wis'adel. What did you say?
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... I'm not gonna ask you stupid questions.
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You wouldn't like the answers, anyway. That's just as well.
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What hasn't been said about losing someone?
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[...]
... I don't really know her. Tell me what she's like.
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She just recently guessed about my sight.
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I didn't know how hard a hit that was gonna be.
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[ honestly. his voice is rough. ]
She... [ he doesn't even know where to go with this, his brain's just shut off. ] I've seen so many people I care for die.
[ not just here. in his life. maybe it's just a straw that breaks the camel's back situation. ]
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[and then there's oripathy, there's the way it disproportionately affects sarkaz-- so many of them die, all the time. she was born amidst death. grew up amidst death. she learned to kill before being killed, she lives with an unknown time limit, a ticking clock within her blood.
sarkaz have always lived hand in hand with death.]
...this fucking place. [she grumbles, angrily.] You should've-- your death was supposed to be the last you ever had to see of it.