I see. [ ... wow this sounds familiar, actually. ]
Sorry, if I treated you in a way you didn't like. [ she... knows a lot of people younger than ange who would deserve more than coddling, even if she wanted to keep them safe so. ]
While my goals align with yours and everyone else's, I will keep an eye on you. You show a worrisome tendency to get injured and into difficult situations.
Somewhat, yes. I know that it is easy to be underestimated if a girl comes across as sweet, unassuming and clumsy. I did make a few tweaks to the background to handle this particular case.
My father being a factory worker, for instance, to cover up what the c-ball actually is. If I made it into a sentimental keepsake, people were unlikely to question it further.
[She shrugs a little.]
It is part of the job to handle adapting to the situation.
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She stops when she sees Alex, though she's willing to continue on by if Alex doesn't seem like she wants to speak.
Mostly she looks... calm.]
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Do you feel better now you're not hiding?
[ it's not said in an accusing way, just a curious one. ]
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I don't feel much of anything at all about it. It was a cover for the purpose of surviving.
[And she survived.]
It was just another job, in that sense.
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I see. [ ... wow this sounds familiar, actually. ]
Sorry, if I treated you in a way you didn't like. [ she... knows a lot of people younger than ange who would deserve more than coddling, even if she wanted to keep them safe so. ]
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Getting upset at you for treating me the way that my cover encouraged me to be treated would be illogical. You have nothing to be sorry for.
[if anything Ange should probably be apologizing but Ange is bad at feelings so she won't]
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It's frustrating to be dismissed or underestimated, even if you were acting.
[ ... ]
What happened out there? She... fell into the water at the end and then...?
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Presumably someone attempted to save her, but was unable to due to her injuries.
... She would not have died via asphyxiation, though. That is all that matters to me.
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[ she blinks, like a couple of things might've connected in her mind, but she doesn't say anything. ]
Good.
... I wouldn't have wanted to see that either. [ she doesn't like all this death, and she'll never be used to it, but-- ]
Thank you for stopping whatever the Realm had in mind for her.
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Don't thank me for that. I still took Dorothy's life, whether I was being forced to or not.
The outcome is the same regardless of intent.
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And everyone else. Even if we don't really know what'll happen in the next week.
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[A slow breath.]
It is time to focus on the future. This fight is not over yet, and we have to survive.
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[ ... ]
Well. I’ve managed to survive this long. What’s another week or two to see it to the end?
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That's right. That is the correct way to look at the situation.
You have made it this far. If you keep your head and your wits about you, you can survive through to the end.
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[ ... ]
I suspect you don't need the sentiments, but... the same to you, Ange.
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... It is impossible to know what will come. Anything could happen to anyone here at any time.
[...]
But yes, I will do what I can to stay alive as well.
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Good.
If it improves our chances, keeping that in mind then... it's worth doing.
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While my goals align with yours and everyone else's, I will keep an eye on you. You show a worrisome tendency to get injured and into difficult situations.
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In my defence, the leg wound was something no one could have predicted.
...
But thank you. I appreciate it.
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There is nothing to thank me for. If it comes to it, I will leave you behind to escape.
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well.
she's valid. ]
Like I said, I've kept myself alive this long.
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[A beat. Ange shifts a little awkwardly.]
Is there... anything you need from me? I suppose if you wish to ask anything, now is the time.
[She feels like she kind of owes Alex that much.]
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[ she looks thoughtful. ]
You and Dorothy -- she spoke to you like she was giving you orders. Are you both part of a group...?
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We are spies. She is the leader of our group.
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That explains a lot.
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It depends on the mission. The current mission I have been on I have been undercover at a school for some months now.
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My father being a factory worker, for instance, to cover up what the c-ball actually is. If I made it into a sentimental keepsake, people were unlikely to question it further.
[She shrugs a little.]
It is part of the job to handle adapting to the situation.
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makes sense so many of them fell for it, huh? ]
You don't need to me to tell you have effective it worked then.