[she says, firmly. the tears don't surprise her - she thinks she understands. if it'd been her, she would've been devastated. it's the same way she keeps refusing to let people fix her engine. other people deserve to take what they want. but - she's also a hypocrite! so.
karlach stays where she is, tucking camille's hair behind her ear.]
The idea, right, was to always bring you back, because they killed you to revive you. Because it would've been fucked up to trade you for someone else. You didn't ask to do what you did, sweetheart.
[...]
Don't hold onto guilt for this. Please. It's such a fucking relief to save one person. And it's better like this, if you want to be really pragmatic about it. How the fuck do you choose who deserves life the most?
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[she says, firmly. the tears don't surprise her - she thinks she understands. if it'd been her, she would've been devastated. it's the same way she keeps refusing to let people fix her engine. other people deserve to take what they want. but - she's also a hypocrite! so.
karlach stays where she is, tucking camille's hair behind her ear.]
The idea, right, was to always bring you back, because they killed you to revive you. Because it would've been fucked up to trade you for someone else. You didn't ask to do what you did, sweetheart.
[...]
Don't hold onto guilt for this. Please. It's such a fucking relief to save one person. And it's better like this, if you want to be really pragmatic about it. How the fuck do you choose who deserves life the most?
You don't. It's fucked up. Everybody deserves it.