[Of all of the things she was expecting, that was not one of them. Clarine's eyes widen at the shot, hand coming to clasp over her mouth to stifle any sort of scream, and the hand still holding her gun shakes.
Is this what people think of them? That they would rather kill themselves than be killed by them?
(But then, she thinks back to the bodies, and even if they did not do that, she can't say she blames them.)
Still, fighting in battle is different from seeing something like this, and she's shaken, even as she looks away, eyes tightly shut. Somehow, this really doesn't feel like a victory at all.]
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Is this what people think of them? That they would rather kill themselves than be killed by them?
(But then, she thinks back to the bodies, and even if they did not do that, she can't say she blames them.)
Still, fighting in battle is different from seeing something like this, and she's shaken, even as she looks away, eyes tightly shut. Somehow, this really doesn't feel like a victory at all.]