I'm not losing any sleep. You just have a tendency to come back from these missions worse for wear.
[ she does not worry for herself. at all. mostly she just gets annoyed when her clothes get damaged beyond repair. worrying for other people remains to be seen, she is still in denial. ]
We do. There aren't that many real medics. Basic first aid only goes so far. [ and andy can only jump in front of so many bullets! ] Maybe the people that don't want to fight can work on that instead.
[ well, he'd be the first to acknowledge that he definitely does come of missions looking like shit. he's got andy's penchant for trouble without all the benefits of coming out of it clean. ]
yeah, turns out there's a hell of a lot of those who don't want to get their hands dirty.
maybe the difference is that not everyone was in that tower while we were fighting. out of sight, out of mind
but people see a little blood in front of them and suddenly it gets too real for them. suddenly their hands are shaking because that's really when reality kicks in. feeling like now it's on them if anyone gets hurt, no matter who it is.
some people still don't get that the only way we actually get this thing done is for people like you and me to do what we do.
Doesn't change the fact that we all know what the Bouldersnakes did to that town, saw the proof they were willing to do it again, and some still decided killing them in a fight they brought to us was too far.
Not everyone is made for that kind of fight, but you're right. It doesn't mean it isn't necessary. Pretending we can all get out of this without bloodshed in a situation like Scorpion's Bend is naïve. In an ideal world, you can fight things like the Bouldersnakes without killing, but ideal worlds don't exist.
They're just gonna move on to the next town and do it all over again.
[ he knows it's a preaching to the choir kind of thing. andy's one of the few people in their group he knows understands his way of doing things. maybe it's in age, maybe it's in experience — all the same, he knows the dangers of being too idealistic. ]
just something to keep in mind about where some of the group stands. it might get uglier if we get thrown into a situation like that again. people tried to actually stopped me in the middle of the fight.
[ sometimes! preaching to the choir can be a good reminder that you are not alone in a feeling! andy knows that sense of moral superiority can be irritating, even when she also knows it isn't going to change her mind, or make her feel guilty. they'd have to go back time centuries for that. ]
I can't imagine they were successful with you.
There's not a lot that can stop me. They can argue with me as much as they want, but I'll still pull the trigger if I need to. I've been doing the jobs no one else can longer than most of them have been alive combined.
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[ he looked so grumpy she simply couldn't help it. he needed rest too! ]
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[ he did not. ]
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[ she did not. ]
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[ or so he can throw out her non-existent soup. ]
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Were you in the infirmary just keeping an eye on someone else or did you make a pit stop for yourself too?
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[ the thought immediately translates over before he can really consider the way that might come off. whatever. ]
i'm fine. a few scrapes. bruises. nothing i can't handle.
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Seems like she's gonna make a full recovery.
You're starting to sound like a broken record, but I actually believe you this time.
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[ does andy even worry about that kind of stuff? ]
she's fine now but she wasn't too hot out there.
we need more medics out on the field.
[ not everyone should be careless beasts like they are. ]
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[ she does not worry for herself. at all. mostly she just gets annoyed when her clothes get damaged beyond repair. worrying for other people remains to be seen, she is still in denial. ]
We do. There aren't that many real medics. Basic first aid only goes so far. [ and andy can only jump in front of so many bullets! ] Maybe the people that don't want to fight can work on that instead.
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[ well, he'd be the first to acknowledge that he definitely does come of missions looking like shit. he's got andy's penchant for trouble without all the benefits of coming out of it clean. ]
yeah, turns out there's a hell of a lot of those who don't want to get their hands dirty.
might actually be holding some of us back.
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But the Bouldersnakes is where the line gets drawn? They would have killed us without hesitation. Same shit, different kind of gangs.
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out of sight, out of mind
but people see a little blood in front of them and suddenly it gets too real for them.
suddenly their hands are shaking because that's really when reality kicks in.
feeling like now it's on them if anyone gets hurt, no matter who it is.
some people still don't get that the only way we actually get this thing done is for people like you and me to do what we do.
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Not everyone is made for that kind of fight, but you're right. It doesn't mean it isn't necessary. Pretending we can all get out of this without bloodshed in a situation like Scorpion's Bend is naïve. In an ideal world, you can fight things like the Bouldersnakes without killing, but ideal worlds don't exist.
They're just gonna move on to the next town and do it all over again.
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[ he knows it's a preaching to the choir kind of thing. andy's one of the few people in their group he knows understands his way of doing things. maybe it's in age, maybe it's in experience — all the same, he knows the dangers of being too idealistic. ]
just something to keep in mind about where some of the group stands. it might get uglier if we get thrown into a situation like that again. people tried to actually stopped me in the middle of the fight.
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I can't imagine they were successful with you.
There's not a lot that can stop me. They can argue with me as much as they want, but I'll still pull the trigger if I need to. I've been doing the jobs no one else can longer than most of them have been alive combined.