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I'm glad you're weighing your options carefully, and not leaping into anything without due thought. The possibilities are exciting, aren't they! So many fresh voices and faces... and that nervousness will fade in time.

Don't let me influence you while you decide; I know you'll choose well.

In the meantime... is it permissible to ask general questions of people here?

I'd like to know what you all hope for.

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Looking before you leap is generally considered smart.

That's an interesting question.

I think it can't hurt, in this instance. Perhaps she should directly ask yours what she wants! That seems to hold a certain amount of weight.

Isn't it? You don't have to answer, of course.

Probably couldn't. As for direct questions - people answer those?

It's polite of you to give people an out.

A day when the zoms are all gone. [A day when he can stop being Runner 5.]

I do. [completely and conveniently disregarding the fact that he runs on optimism and openness]

Thank you. [beat] Is there a question you'd rather answer?

Zoms? [the undead are the worst]

Do you? A rarety.

[ pause. It can't hurt anything. ] Peace, I suppose.

[smiles] That's a very unselfish hope. And widely applicable! You can hope for peace within families, between nations and planets... and inside yourself. All kinds.

The walking dead. Zombies. [Freaking hell, they suck.] Probably not much hope for seeing them all finally stay dead, but... a guy can dream, you know?

[ A tiny smile in answer. ]

It's an unlikely hope, but I'm fond of it.

"World peace" is probably cheating so...I hope I'll always get there in time to save the day.

How about you?

Ah, yes! They are called Black Lanterns, where I'm from. The other Lanterns and I put them down, and stopped their herald. I do hope, and strongly, that your resistance is as successful as ours was.

[Note the absolutely blank face.]

The world ended. Abel Township's just trying to eke out an existence right now.

I hope everyone gets to go home eventually. I'm stuck in, uhm, kind of a bad place.

Hope is a trap.

Don't worry about dreaming big--Robin, is it? [visibly delighted] Earth has so many heroes.

Then I hope for the same. [a beat] What kind of a bad place?

Do you think so? Why?

Yes... it's important not to lose faith for a better future.

Hope's really not the question to ask, is it? Hope only goes so far, one must act to see it come to fruition.

Are you happy in Montana?

Perhaps it could be said that hope is the blueprint for action.

Would you prefer if I asked what you would act for?

Run long enough, maybe one day we'll see it. ...I hope so. But hope ain't a battle strategy. You gotta put it into action.

It would sound a bit less like a fairytale then, yes.

I suppose the answer would be for humanity's progression forward. To greatness.

Happy?

[ pause. a shrug. ] No.

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