[He's shared so much, and he doesn't look ready to talk. So it's her turn.]
We had people die, too. When we were running, trying to protect Hazel? I didn't know even know Barr's name, but he was Hazel's grandpa and he gave up the time he had left so we could keep going. He would have said he was ready, but -- he didn't get the chance to say goodbye. Not to Marko, or Klara.
And there was Oswald Heist. He was the reason Alana and Marko got together, you know? He wrote books that nobody really understood after awhile because it was about getting past the stupid fucking war and coming together. I think, anyway. He lived alone in this lighthouse and would drink a lot, but then we came along and he took us in. Klara... He loved her. He was a pacifist but he still shot someone for her because he loved her and she was hurt. It looked like they were going to be okay. But then he died, too.
Klara... Klara's alive. [She breathes out slow, and she sounds a little wistful. She misses Klara a lot, and she'd tried to forget how much until Abbacchio came along and dragged the memories of her to the surface.] She wanted to die, though, and told someone to kill her because... After Barr? After Heist? She didn't think there was a lot left to live for. But she was grateful when I stopped it, and... And if that stubborn old battle axe could accept what I did, then she wasn't really ready to die, either.
[She bites her lip for a second and reaches back with one hand so she can trace along the braid.]
I stepped on a land mine. It doesn't really count here, because I wasn't fighting for anything at the time, not like any of them or any of you. But I stepped on a land mine and bled out and...there was so much that I wanted to fix as I lay there. I wanted to make things right, and tell her... Let her know she was beautiful. What she meant to me. [...] I didn't, even though I was a ghost. It wouldn't have been fair. So I stayed away from them -- Windy, and Mom and Dad, and my brothers and sisters... I started over. I'm glad I'm here with you, and I'm glad Alana let me into her family, too. But it all kind of still sucks, doesn't it?
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[He's shared so much, and he doesn't look ready to talk. So it's her turn.]
We had people die, too. When we were running, trying to protect Hazel? I didn't know even know Barr's name, but he was Hazel's grandpa and he gave up the time he had left so we could keep going. He would have said he was ready, but -- he didn't get the chance to say goodbye. Not to Marko, or Klara.
And there was Oswald Heist. He was the reason Alana and Marko got together, you know? He wrote books that nobody really understood after awhile because it was about getting past the stupid fucking war and coming together. I think, anyway. He lived alone in this lighthouse and would drink a lot, but then we came along and he took us in. Klara... He loved her. He was a pacifist but he still shot someone for her because he loved her and she was hurt. It looked like they were going to be okay. But then he died, too.
Klara... Klara's alive. [She breathes out slow, and she sounds a little wistful. She misses Klara a lot, and she'd tried to forget how much until Abbacchio came along and dragged the memories of her to the surface.] She wanted to die, though, and told someone to kill her because... After Barr? After Heist? She didn't think there was a lot left to live for. But she was grateful when I stopped it, and... And if that stubborn old battle axe could accept what I did, then she wasn't really ready to die, either.
[She bites her lip for a second and reaches back with one hand so she can trace along the braid.]
I stepped on a land mine. It doesn't really count here, because I wasn't fighting for anything at the time, not like any of them or any of you. But I stepped on a land mine and bled out and...there was so much that I wanted to fix as I lay there. I wanted to make things right, and tell her... Let her know she was beautiful. What she meant to me. [...] I didn't, even though I was a ghost. It wouldn't have been fair. So I stayed away from them -- Windy, and Mom and Dad, and my brothers and sisters... I started over. I'm glad I'm here with you, and I'm glad Alana let me into her family, too. But it all kind of still sucks, doesn't it?
...Narancia. I'll remember him, too.