There was a girl in my last game. A young woman, I guess, I think my age. Angel. We didn't get along at first, because I was--well, I was a cynical asshole, and she wanted to trust everyone, to rebel against all the bullshit her former life had taught her.
[He breathes out and wraps his arms around himself again.]
The week before she died, we talked, and... it came out that while I was doing better, making connections with people, remembering that there are good things left in humanity, she was losing hope. I thought it was funny, that maybe we'd even out somewhere in the middle.
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There was a girl in my last game. A young woman, I guess, I think my age. Angel. We didn't get along at first, because I was--well, I was a cynical asshole, and she wanted to trust everyone, to rebel against all the bullshit her former life had taught her.
[He breathes out and wraps his arms around himself again.]
The week before she died, we talked, and... it came out that while I was doing better, making connections with people, remembering that there are good things left in humanity, she was losing hope. I thought it was funny, that maybe we'd even out somewhere in the middle.
I think I'm Angel, this time around.