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…
*Crosses my arms and watches the crowd, looking around as well for any inkling of something else going on*

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Is it not wanting you why you don’t have any regard for yourself? Because let me tell you, the mind has no idea what it wants.

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But you do?

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I know no one wants to be left alone and in pain. Not really.

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*Through cheers, the city gathers to feast and celebrate, clearly following a socioeconomic order as the warrior team gathers at the choice cuts and head, a scaly white, ancient beast the size of a man, followed by aristocrats and trailed by the poor, who get the worst cuts and organs*
What are we just standing here for? Let's have the best meal of our lives!
*Rushes over and takes my place with the rest of the infantry*

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You'll have to tell her to let me out. I can't do it. I'm too scared.

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*Turns and walks away when the stranger who had been speaking to me diverts his attention to the feast at hand*

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*Smiles warmly*
I’d never expect you to have to do it alone.

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*On the far end of the table by myself and in some amount of confusion but delighted by the opportunity to eat, takes my share with my hands, biting into the tough organ meat*

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What if it all falls when I'm gone?

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*Does a double take back at you as I walk past, but doesn’t stare. Instead I slow to a halt, grunt in affirmation of what’s happening, and turn back around toward the infantry’s end of the beast*

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Then we’ll pick up the pieces together, one at a time. And perhaps, if you truly want it enough, at the end of it all will be a place you’ll want to call home.

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*Looks down*
You have to make her think so too...

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Hey, welcome back! Did you have the chance to talk to anyone about your part in this adventure? Everyone's buzzing.

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I think it’s possible. You both honestly surely want the same thing. She’s just the one convinced she doesn’t

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Soon.
*Takes a serving plate and tops it up with a share of the finest cuts of meat still available within arm’s reach*

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She used to want to die. She may still.

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She just thought she did. The reality is that she wanted something tangential.

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Yeah, fair enough. I'm pretty hungry too. I'm still shocked it didn't put up more of a fight than that. Yeah, we lost some guys, but I fully expected it to wipe the floor with us. Maybe it was finally aging.

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What does that mean?