marrow and blood encircle me

[heartswapped]

[That didn't work out so well, did it?

Two more people dead. Two more drawings join Scraggly, Fourtinbras, Shirou, and Alexander on the shrine, although it seems like Diego's might have been scribbled a little more haphazardly than the others. Not that it really matters; Cheryl's never been a very good artist, but it's the thought that counts.

Cheryl's holed herself up in the kitchen, having made a fresh pot of coffee and some sandwiches of various fillings (although several of these look like they may or may not be space tuna salad) before getting to work on a batch of cookies. They taste...kind of like snickerdoodles. In space, it's hard to tell.

She even raided what booze they had in the fridge and set it up in the mess hall, if you need that.

Of course, she's not going to complain if anyone else wants a go at the kitchen. But mostly, she just set everything up so others can come, rest themselves after a long day, and share in their collective grief.]

Comments

[tenimuho]

So it's because of fear of losing. That makes sense.

[It checks out with Diego.]

[ebonyknight]

At least in this case the fear of losing is sensible.

[tenimuho]

Most people don't want to die.

[With few exceptions.]

[ebonyknight]

As I said, it's more understandable than wanting to go back to some race.

[tenimuho]

...Maybe it was a prestigious race?

[He really can't understand Diego, but he'll at least try.]

[ebonyknight]

Even so, it still wasn't worth it.

[tenimuho]

He seemed to think so. Or he wouldn't have done it.

[ebonyknight]

Sloppily. His pride got in his way of succeeding.

[tenimuho]

Whether or not he was good at it doesn't have much to do with his motivations, I think.

[It's possible to have poor motivations and be an excellent killer. More common, probably.]

[ebonyknight]

If you want to do something hard enough you best put your heart behind it.

[Otherwise you get stabbed behind in the heart by a dinosaur.]

[tenimuho]

Mhm. There's nothing to be gained by halfheartedly doing the important things. ...So then, maybe it wasn't that important of a race?

[He really, really doesn't understand Diego.]

[ebonyknight]

Diego Brando was a fool; even if it was he lacked the skills to back himself up.

[tenimuho]

Even if he was a fool... I'd like to understand what he was thinking.

[ebonyknight]

Of himself.

[tenimuho]

Being killed by a dinosaur wasn't very good for him. I'd think he'd be better off not having killed anyone.

[ebonyknight]

He should have been smarter in general.

[tenimuho]

...Well, it's too late for him to learn from his mistakes now.

[ebonyknight]

Obviously.