I wouldn't hurt your team, Alex. Even if I could bear it, I wouldn't do that to Jonas.
[Not after losing Shenhe. Even if he knows it's the most logical option, the safest choice--even if there's truly no way to avoid causing people pain, this late in the game--there's no way he could take a loved one away from someone else.]
It's not that I don't understand your reasoning. I feel the same way about myself, when it comes to my team. [For similar logic to hers, even.] Call it selfishness, on my part.
[Living on as people die around him is already hard enough. he couldn't handle that weight too.]
I know. [He sighs softly.] I mean, I won't pretend it's not upsetting to consider. I don't want anything to happen to you. [To anyone--but it's far too late for that. And even Kaveh isn't immune to having stronger relationships with some than others.] But I meant it when I said I understood. I can only hope that anyone who decides to target us realizes that they should choose me, out of the three of us.
[So he really is in the same boat as her. If he were a more, heh, pragmatic person, he probably would genuinely take what she said into account. But he's guided by emotion, not logic.]
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[Not after losing Shenhe. Even if he knows it's the most logical option, the safest choice--even if there's truly no way to avoid causing people pain, this late in the game--there's no way he could take a loved one away from someone else.]
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[ she's not really satisfied with that answer, but fine. ]
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[Living on as people die around him is already hard enough. he couldn't handle that weight too.]
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... Okay. Sorry, I'm—people get... moody about it.
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[So he really is in the same boat as her. If he were a more, heh, pragmatic person, he probably would genuinely take what she said into account. But he's guided by emotion, not logic.]