[ she really just - wants to hold, like always, like she has been with the others here when they get upset, but she's unsure if it'll help. carefully, she reaches to rest her hand on his back. ]
[He appreciates it. He's still strung tight, but he doesn't move away from it.]
The Mad Burnish . . . we do not always last long. We burn as hard as we can, fight while we are able. The leaders are captured often, into the Foundation's prisons, and do not return.
You guys burn real bright real fast. [ she keeps her hand where it is, then. ] I wish I knew how to help. They're just people. Scared people. Being hunted down like animals is fucked up, I don't...
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[He curls his arms around himself a bit.]
I don't even know if they're still alive. That is the last time I saw them.
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You can't torture yourself. They're capable, man. I'm sure they're okay.
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The Mad Burnish . . . we do not always last long. We burn as hard as we can, fight while we are able. The leaders are captured often, into the Foundation's prisons, and do not return.
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You guys burn real bright real fast. [ she keeps her hand where it is, then. ] I wish I knew how to help. They're just people. Scared people. Being hunted down like animals is fucked up, I don't...
I'm sorry, Boss.