[For a moment, there's just the soft gasp of shock, and then the horror sets in and settles in her tone. Matt shooting himself so they won't have to dirty their hands? That's just wrong. He shouldn't have to do that.
It makes her sick to imagine. Sure, they're the ones doing this now but...]
T-this is ours to...to bear! I cannot ask you to do such a thing...! We wished for this to be...to be painless, to be fast, for all that you have done for us, because there are so many dangers out here a-and...!
[And the Generals are truly only one of many. But now there are the tears from Clarine as well, choking up her voice.]
L...let us do this for y-you... If it is for people like you, I am willing to do anything. [Even bloody her hands. But even so, they're not backing down.]
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[For a moment, there's just the soft gasp of shock, and then the horror sets in and settles in her tone. Matt shooting himself so they won't have to dirty their hands? That's just wrong. He shouldn't have to do that.
It makes her sick to imagine. Sure, they're the ones doing this now but...]
T-this is ours to...to bear! I cannot ask you to do such a thing...! We wished for this to be...to be painless, to be fast, for all that you have done for us, because there are so many dangers out here a-and...!
[And the Generals are truly only one of many. But now there are the tears from Clarine as well, choking up her voice.]
L...let us do this for y-you... If it is for people like you, I am willing to do anything. [Even bloody her hands. But even so, they're not backing down.]