I'd argue that it's less normal to stick around something that bothers you? [But it's not an accusation, just an idle comment as he swirls his drink around. He shakes his head.] If I wasn't, I'd be somewhere private.
[And that's what Childe means--that, when faced with something uncomfortable, it's far more normal--and healthier, even--to walk away instead of sitting and forcing yourself to watch it.
He just shrugs.]
If any of us were truly fine, we wouldn't sit and watch people get destroyed by their own shadows until one of them died.
Some of us just leave. But there’s nothing like a little care induced masochism to make you stick around, watch two people fight to the death, and hope that somehow it’s not the person you like the most that dies.
… Yeah, it does make everything pretty suspicious. But then, how’s it all working? A con’s one thing to pull off, but with six people working in tandem in the way the demons are?
I’d expect one of them to have let something slip by now.
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so.
date just tilts his head at him. ]
Coping hard or hardly coping?
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It makes him laugh, at least!]
We are in hell. [That's not an answer. But he won't be an evasive butt.] I'm fine, if that's what you're asking.
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The being in hell part is becoming the least concerning of the whole deal. [ ... ] None of you seem fine, actually. But sure.
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I'd argue that it's less normal to stick around something that bothers you? [But it's not an accusation, just an idle comment as he swirls his drink around. He shakes his head.] If I wasn't, I'd be somewhere private.
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[ doesn't sound like fine to him. ]
At least there's drink though.
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He just shrugs.]
If any of us were truly fine, we wouldn't sit and watch people get destroyed by their own shadows until one of them died.
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Some of us just leave. But there’s nothing like a little care induced masochism to make you stick around, watch two people fight to the death, and hope that somehow it’s not the person you like the most that dies.
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I suppose so.
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Probably not healthy in the long run, if this keeps up.
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[stop]
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I'm still not sure if we're running into double death situations or whether we're just being told we're dead?
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I’d expect one of them to have let something slip by now.
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[He is thinking of the Harbingers. Obviously]
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I feel like it's a rogue 50/50 split whether it'll work or not.