I don't think any of us want someone to die, Shigeo. But... I'd also hate for everyone who has died to be stuck wherever they are because we didn't hit the quota.
... It's a pretty poor excuse for it all, but... [ that's the truth, really. ]
[that weirdly cold voice, the one that carries a far-off, burdened quality unfitting for his usual bright, polite self, the one clearly familiar with death and the weighing of life's value]
I'm the only one here who doesn't feel any pain. The only one who's died before, I think. If we need it to be one of us, it has to be me. I'm not afraid.
[and, to his credit, he certainly doesn't sound like it, until he continues]
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I believe all in this group would rather leave you alive, Shigeo, though I understand your reasons for offering up your own life.
[Logically, he understands. But emotionally... there's just no way anyone here is gonna let it fly]
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[It just doesn't seem fair that somehow his life can't be traded, but someone else can.]
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... It's a pretty poor excuse for it all, but... [ that's the truth, really. ]
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I'm the only one here who doesn't feel any pain. The only one who's died before, I think. If we need it to be one of us, it has to be me. I'm not afraid.
[and, to his credit, he certainly doesn't sound like it, until he continues]
I...I'm worried about what I'm losing here.