I will not... pretend as if I do not wish to live. Being here with everyone has given me that hope, at least. [He will make that clear to all, because he knows how quickly his offers ring self-sacrificial, and Hilda is right to scold them for so easily walking to their deaths.]
But it's still for the sake of a greater ending. We will prepare for that, too.
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[... A faint smile at that elbow touch]
I will not... pretend as if I do not wish to live. Being here with everyone has given me that hope, at least. [He will make that clear to all, because he knows how quickly his offers ring self-sacrificial, and Hilda is right to scold them for so easily walking to their deaths.]
But it's still for the sake of a greater ending. We will prepare for that, too.