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@@@@@hen they'd take you out and put herin I squirmed, as if a new position on the rock floor would take me further away from the idea, and shudderedThen I followed the thought to its conclusionhe'd tell them about this place, and the Seekers would come The horror washed through us Right,she whispered, emotion making her thought unstable So the decision is? quick or slowWhich hurts him less? It seemed that as long as I focused on practicalities I could keep at least my side of the discussion numbly businesslikeMelanie tried to mimic my effortOn the one hand, logically, the longer the three of us are together, the harder our? separation would be for himThen again, if we didn't fight, if we just gave up? he wouldn't like thatHe'd feel betrayed by us I looked at both sides she'd presented, trying to be rational about it So? quick, but we have to do our best not to die? Go down fighting,she affirmed grimly tried to imagine that?meeting violence with violenceRaising my hand to strike someoneI could form the words but not the mental picture You can do it,she encouraged Thanks, but no thanksThere has to be some other way I don't get you, WandaYou've given up on your species entirely, you're ready to die for my brother, you're in love with the man I love who is going to kill us, and yet you won't let go of customs that are entirely impractical hereI can't change that, though everything else may changeYou hold on to yourself; allow me to do the same But if we're going to ? She would have continued to argue with me, but we were interrupt