[He props his chin on the backs of his fingers, looking thoughtful, and then he crosses his arms.]
I don't know if I can blame him for that. Sora would probably do the same thing. I'm not sure if he would kill one person over the people he loves, or 500 strangers either. But that's okay. If I had to do it for him, I would, so he didn't have to.
[Sora has gone through enough. And, well, he might have had a redemption arc, but he still thinks his hands are a little dirty so it wouldn't matter.]
Sora and I have seen a robotic rat. It surprised us in the security room, so I had wondered if it was some kind of guard. If I go by my vision... maybe that's true. So do we kill it?
None of us were going to kill our loved ones--I was concerned there was some sort of trick to it, however. [That "500 strangers" didn't really mean "500 people you've never met and don't care about". Maybe he just reads too much, though, since apparently it was... well. As fine as such a choice could be.] But it seems there wasn't. [...] We did try to avoid choosing any of those options--but doing that simply trapped us in a tunnel that seemed endless. There was no way out without bloodshed of some kind.
[Norton could also be lying, of course. Maybe there was a trick after all. But Leo's acutely aware that he's only fourteen, not even an adult by his world's standards--if Norton didn't listen to him in the truck, he sure as hell isn't going to change his story now, so whatever. What's done is done.
If I had to do it for him, I would, so he didn't have to--and that's it, isn't it? That's all people like them really want, at the end of the day. To do what they can to make sure the people important to them don't ever stop smiling. To make the hard choices, so their loved ones don't have to. "If you had to kill someone, would you?" Riku asked earlier, and... for himself? It's hard to say. But for Elliot? Absolutely.]
We'd have to find it first. You'll want to speak to Mrs. Nott, if you haven't already--she mentioned "Squeak-ee"?
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I don't know if I can blame him for that. Sora would probably do the same thing. I'm not sure if he would kill one person over the people he loves, or 500 strangers either. But that's okay. If I had to do it for him, I would, so he didn't have to.
[Sora has gone through enough. And, well, he might have had a redemption arc, but he still thinks his hands are a little dirty so it wouldn't matter.]
Sora and I have seen a robotic rat. It surprised us in the security room, so I had wondered if it was some kind of guard. If I go by my vision... maybe that's true. So do we kill it?
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[Norton could also be lying, of course. Maybe there was a trick after all. But Leo's acutely aware that he's only fourteen, not even an adult by his world's standards--if Norton didn't listen to him in the truck, he sure as hell isn't going to change his story now, so whatever. What's done is done.
If I had to do it for him, I would, so he didn't have to--and that's it, isn't it? That's all people like them really want, at the end of the day. To do what they can to make sure the people important to them don't ever stop smiling. To make the hard choices, so their loved ones don't have to. "If you had to kill someone, would you?" Riku asked earlier, and... for himself? It's hard to say. But for Elliot? Absolutely.]
We'd have to find it first. You'll want to speak to Mrs. Nott, if you haven't already--she mentioned "Squeak-ee"?