Mm. Suppose I've made myself quite formidable then.
[ She goes quiet a moment, thinking her way through it. Either one would be an improvement on her current fate. ]
The problem with an assured happy ending, I don't know that I could ever trust it. And then you'd have the question of whether it's my ending here, or at home. One I could never be sure how long it would last, the other I'd never know how long I'd be held from it. My life as an imPort would either be an anxious counting of days until it ended, or eventually I'd lose sight of the happiness waiting for me.
[ She knows all of this very well, she's been through it before, and even the glimmers of hope she was given ended up snuffed out after a time. All just to learn she was right to doubt them to begin with. ]
I think I'd rather not know. To never know until whatever comes will. Be it good or bad, it's better to let it be a surprise.
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[ She goes quiet a moment, thinking her way through it. Either one would be an improvement on her current fate. ]
The problem with an assured happy ending, I don't know that I could ever trust it. And then you'd have the question of whether it's my ending here, or at home. One I could never be sure how long it would last, the other I'd never know how long I'd be held from it. My life as an imPort would either be an anxious counting of days until it ended, or eventually I'd lose sight of the happiness waiting for me.
[ She knows all of this very well, she's been through it before, and even the glimmers of hope she was given ended up snuffed out after a time. All just to learn she was right to doubt them to begin with. ]
I think I'd rather not know. To never know until whatever comes will. Be it good or bad, it's better to let it be a surprise.