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I don’t know. He was so pissed off I figured I was going to get yelled at no matter what I said.
That really sucks, Tess; I'm sorry.
[Another pause.]
Pairings are what I believe in more than anything here. From the way you talk about him, I can't see you not coming out okay.
[Tess clearly has a good deal of respect and affection for him - trust, even - and Tiffany can't imagine those feelings would have come about if he hadn't extended the same on all counts.]
[Another pause.]
Pairings are what I believe in more than anything here. From the way you talk about him, I can't see you not coming out okay.
[Tess clearly has a good deal of respect and affection for him - trust, even - and Tiffany can't imagine those feelings would have come about if he hadn't extended the same on all counts.]
Yeah. I hope so. I think we would have been close even if we didn't get paired, and when things are steady, it's great, I've never had someone like that in my life before. And...
[A vague gesture. Too personal. Shut it down.]
But no matter what works about pairings, he has still important shit to get to at home. I'm fucking it up for him.
[A vague gesture. Too personal. Shut it down.]
But no matter what works about pairings, he has still important shit to get to at home. I'm fucking it up for him.
If he actually thinks of it like that--
[She cuts herself off before she actually says "then he's a fucking asshole", but the way her face twists likely makes the sentiment clear.]
I got a lot of complicated feelings about deals, but no matter how important his is, your life is yours first. That matters more than getting him a prize or making sure he gets home quick.
[She cuts herself off before she actually says "then he's a fucking asshole", but the way her face twists likely makes the sentiment clear.]
I got a lot of complicated feelings about deals, but no matter how important his is, your life is yours first. That matters more than getting him a prize or making sure he gets home quick.
[She shakes her head.]
He wants me to put my life first, too, and as far as deals go, it's pretty selfless. I graduate and we both win.
He wants me to put my life first, too, and as far as deals go, it's pretty selfless. I graduate and we both win.
Me too. I liked him right from the start, and the Admiral didn't even bother with a single temp.
Sometimes it just clicks, I guess. Probably for the better, too. Had a reason to keep my shit together.
Disgustingly sappy.
[But it's not the worst way to be. Tess knows she can be a hard-ass.]
Thanks, Tiff. I know I've been a real asshole sometimes but it does mean something that you give a shit about people.
[But it's not the worst way to be. Tess knows she can be a hard-ass.]
Thanks, Tiff. I know I've been a real asshole sometimes but it does mean something that you give a shit about people.
Well, cheers to that, then. I can’t stand bullshit either.
"And I'm sure the civilian casualties slaughtered by their own government weren't soon forgotten by those who survived them... at least if your people were anything like mine."
"Oh, definitely not, so we have a fuckton of activists and terrorists trying to liberate from them constantly," she replies. "But what do you do? The Quarantine Zone is a place to live. Can't turn up a place to live."
Hange taps her glass against the table a couple times, mulling her response over.
"About ten years ago now, the walls experienced an attack... we lived in three walls, you see? Concentric rings. The outermost wall was breached and the territory between the middle and outer wall became impossible for humans to inhabit. It was a crushing blow to us.
The winter after Wall Maria's collapse, the monarchy ordered a quarter of our population outside. It was billed as a 'resettlement effort' but everyone with a functioning brain knew that in actuality, it was an effort to toss people out of the lifeboat to make it more comfortable for the rest. Everyone lost someone in the exodus. Friends, family. And out of the two hundred fifty thousand who left, about one hundred survivors returned to us."
"About ten years ago now, the walls experienced an attack... we lived in three walls, you see? Concentric rings. The outermost wall was breached and the territory between the middle and outer wall became impossible for humans to inhabit. It was a crushing blow to us.
The winter after Wall Maria's collapse, the monarchy ordered a quarter of our population outside. It was billed as a 'resettlement effort' but everyone with a functioning brain knew that in actuality, it was an effort to toss people out of the lifeboat to make it more comfortable for the rest. Everyone lost someone in the exodus. Friends, family. And out of the two hundred fifty thousand who left, about one hundred survivors returned to us."
Three walls. Makes sense –– might've made sense back home, too, if there weren't a staggering lack of bodies and materials to make it possible without massive losses.
Tess shakes her head in disgust.
"Pretty shitty odds," she remarks. "I don't really know what our population is like anymore, but we lost sixty percent of the country in a three month period, twenty years ago. We've probably lost most what's left since. You guys probably lost lots of farmland losing that wall, right? The inner area is probably a city."
Tess shakes her head in disgust.
"Pretty shitty odds," she remarks. "I don't really know what our population is like anymore, but we lost sixty percent of the country in a three month period, twenty years ago. We've probably lost most what's left since. You guys probably lost lots of farmland losing that wall, right? The inner area is probably a city."
Can I call in a favor?
If, hypothetically, I might need to hide a body in some unspecified time in the future, where would be the best place?
If, hypothetically, I might need to hide a body in some unspecified time in the future, where would be the best place?
Depends. They’ll never find them in the Brew but the owner might get tetchy.
What’s up?
What’s up?
Friend of mine got killed.
Might need to do something about it.
Zero's a fucking joke. I watched Kardashians with you when I was there.
Might need to do something about it.
Zero's a fucking joke. I watched Kardashians with you when I was there.
Who?
Wardens won’t do shit so you might as well do it yourself.
Wardens won’t do shit so you might as well do it yourself.
If I had a name, it would be too fucking easy.
But I have new guy, long silver hair, pointy ears, average height, 'cold all around him.' Should be enough to figure it the fuck out.
But I have new guy, long silver hair, pointy ears, average height, 'cold all around him.' Should be enough to figure it the fuck out.
I meant who’s your friend.
If he’s new then he doesn’t have a temp, no one’s tracking him. If you’re going to do it and not get caught, it’s now or never.
If he’s new then he doesn’t have a temp, no one’s tracking him. If you’re going to do it and not get caught, it’s now or never.
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