I've seen divine justice. A man punished by God for his crimes. He did do what he was struck down for. It wasn't the kindness - or cruelty - that people offer for nothing. It was an honest accounting of his actions...
[He squeezes her hand.]
But I don't think he deserved that 'justice'. If I was there again... I'd fight for his survival just as I did then. [Did he deserve to live when he'd sent others to their deaths? Allen doesn't think that's what matters.] You planet the seeds.
[He laughs a little because he'd learned the dangers of crying a long time ago.]
When the Admiral offered me this job... back home, there's stuff that's simply true, so I accept it because it doesn't matter. [Whether or not he accepts it doesn't matter, and there's too much that needs to be done to waste time fighting it.]
Here, I'm not living against a clock [not in the same way]. Sometimes, that feels harder to accept.
[He can't allow it to be over, not without knowing he did everything he could. He hadn't deserved Mana's love, but he'd had it anyway. He makes the choice not to betray that.]
Sometimes, you look around and realize you're not walking alone.
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[He squeezes her hand.]
But I don't think he deserved that 'justice'. If I was there again... I'd fight for his survival just as I did then. [Did he deserve to live when he'd sent others to their deaths? Allen doesn't think that's what matters.] You planet the seeds.
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[ She said this once before, but the way it rings in her chest feels different now. ]
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When the Admiral offered me this job... back home, there's stuff that's simply true, so I accept it because it doesn't matter. [Whether or not he accepts it doesn't matter, and there's too much that needs to be done to waste time fighting it.]
Here, I'm not living against a clock [not in the same way]. Sometimes, that feels harder to accept.
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[ She had screamed for days when she was first brought here, had cried for days more. It was all supposed to be over. ]
But then you learn to wake up for breakfast and move on with your day.
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[He can't allow it to be over, not without knowing he did everything he could. He hadn't deserved Mana's love, but he'd had it anyway. He makes the choice not to betray that.]
Sometimes, you look around and realize you're not walking alone.
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Sometimes, you should simply lie in the grass.
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To look at the sky?
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I think the grass dreams of life. [He says quietly.]
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