[Reira holds the necklace in her hands. She looks intently to Atem, and listens carefully to his every word.]
...I deserve to make 'home' a better place to live, [she whispers seriously, not looking away even as she shakes her head.] ...Because even broken, I won't stop fixing. I won't stop helping, or housing, or fighting.
...Even if it looks like I'm not doing anything at all. Because people have always lived here, and deserve to live better here too.
[With the tilt of her head, she gives a sad, broken smile.] ....I'm going to say something...and it's going to feel mean. ...but if I thought the way you did at home, when the end was coming...
Then the end would still be coming. And coming, and coming, over, and over. Because that was the rules.
...But I didn't like those rules- and even if it was because I didn't think I was a person, with a soul, who deserved to live, it meant I could say 'then I won't follow that rule'.
The chance is hard to find- it's not breaking. It's just a hole. ...But if I found one then, then I'll find it here, even if it takes me a long, long time.
[The smile breaks more, and she looks down.] ...And if it costs what it did at home... ...It'll be worth it, then. ...Even if I'd hope someone else paid it, there's a reason I had to pay it then too.
CW: talk of past dehumanizing thoughts, potentially suicidal themes
...I deserve to make 'home' a better place to live, [she whispers seriously, not looking away even as she shakes her head.] ...Because even broken, I won't stop fixing. I won't stop helping, or housing, or fighting.
...Even if it looks like I'm not doing anything at all. Because people have always lived here, and deserve to live better here too.
[With the tilt of her head, she gives a sad, broken smile.] ....I'm going to say something...and it's going to feel mean. ...but if I thought the way you did at home, when the end was coming...
Then the end would still be coming. And coming, and coming, over, and over. Because that was the rules.
...But I didn't like those rules- and even if it was because I didn't think I was a person, with a soul, who deserved to live, it meant I could say 'then I won't follow that rule'.
The chance is hard to find- it's not breaking. It's just a hole. ...But if I found one then, then I'll find it here, even if it takes me a long, long time.
[The smile breaks more, and she looks down.] ...And if it costs what it did at home... ...It'll be worth it, then. ...Even if I'd hope someone else paid it, there's a reason I had to pay it then too.