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[greatlightother]

[It sounds as if she's just finished crying. There's a clink as she drops a spoon onto a dish and she finally speaks up.]

I said...I hope it goes down. [There's a nervous giggle.] But I don't know where down is. [Pause as the ship rumbles a bit. She takes in a trembling breath.] Looks like I was right, though

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[rass_bestie]

So, what, you want us to kill you? Or is there a way to talk you down?

[rass_bestie]

Howie, I'm not suggesting that we do, I'm suggesting it's not a very good idea to announce that on a public post where there are plenty of murderers to go around.

Please leave me alone.

[rass_bestie]

Well, then make a post, Howie, and don't jump down my throat.

[rass_bestie]

Take me off your stupid list then!

[ifightfor]

Understood.

[Oops.]

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[strangehstorian]

JA307020.

[This is the tone your mom gets when she catches you coming home an hour after your curfew. Not that Rinzler has a mom. Or a curfew.]

[greatlightother]

I don't want you to do anything.

I don't give a damn what you do.

[rass_bestie]

Considering you're apparently keen to hurt us all, it's clear you're lying.

[greatlightother]

I'm not lying. I've told you what's going on so that you don't continue thinking this might be a flood.

You at least deserve the truth.

[rass_bestie]

Then why mention death?

[greatlightother]

Because it's how people deal with things. There. And here. Death. Murder. Killing. Violence.

Nothing ever changes.

[rass_bestie]

A lot of people don't. Howie, for example. You don't see them here because here is where those people learn to find another way. But there are millions of people living their lives without killing a single soul.

So you can't see that here. Or can't have it where you were. Generalising is not fair to those few who fight that, who are working with their inmates to prove that there are other ways.

Please don't invite your death. [Like you've invited mine.]