[ After all she's seen in Harrow's memories, this is likely the kinder path for her. The idea of letting go and moving on is something Vira herself struggles with, but she doesn't mind seeing it in someone else. ]
You've really learned a lot during your time here.
It would be harder if I was deciding not to return to home, and what I love there. But I've already said goodbye to that.
[Gently. Because she does understand; even if it was a destructive choice, if that was the choice she was offered, it might be different. But she had already accepted she would never go back there long before this, and never expected her wish to change that.]
I'm not sure whether I have or whether I've just been badgered enough to give in. [Sigh.] . . . I suppose you and I are rather alike in so many ways, so you are likely as reticent as I am about making plans around things that may never come to pass. [She resisted agreeing to anything for so long.] It feels foolish to ask you what you will do, after this, when I am still rather convinced we'll all die here.
[ She laughs very softly; despite the ridiculousness of their situation, she has to stifle the instinct to put her other hand on Harrow's own. ]
I am reluctant to hope for much. [ She is afraid, and has been for a while now. They can all act as tough as they need to be, but even she's scared of the outcomes here. ] Still, I've grown foolish enough to have faith in our capabilities, too. I think there are people here too clever and too strong to let us fail.
[ So she'll be here to badger Harrow to be happy, too. ]
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I see.
[ After all she's seen in Harrow's memories, this is likely the kinder path for her. The idea of letting go and moving on is something Vira herself struggles with, but she doesn't mind seeing it in someone else. ]
You've really learned a lot during your time here.
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[Gently. Because she does understand; even if it was a destructive choice, if that was the choice she was offered, it might be different. But she had already accepted she would never go back there long before this, and never expected her wish to change that.]
I'm not sure whether I have or whether I've just been badgered enough to give in. [Sigh.] . . . I suppose you and I are rather alike in so many ways, so you are likely as reticent as I am about making plans around things that may never come to pass. [She resisted agreeing to anything for so long.] It feels foolish to ask you what you will do, after this, when I am still rather convinced we'll all die here.
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I am reluctant to hope for much. [ She is afraid, and has been for a while now. They can all act as tough as they need to be, but even she's scared of the outcomes here. ] Still, I've grown foolish enough to have faith in our capabilities, too. I think there are people here too clever and too strong to let us fail.
[ So she'll be here to badger Harrow to be happy, too. ]