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[twentypieces]

mun:

NO. I can't I don't I won't I

there's no way for us to do this. And, it's over. all of it. I don't want to feel any of this, any more.

Why won't you just leave me alone?

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[familyissues]

It doesn't have to be like this.

[twentypieces]

Seventeen.

We can't change it! Everything's already BEEN.

[familyissues]

Jesus, Clay. It's over. You can drop the cryptic bullshit. It won't make either of us any less dead.

[twentypieces]

You...

I can't.

You're right, though. I didn't want that for you.

[familyissues]

Yeah well, it was me or the world, and I chose me.

[ He cracks the faintest smile at that, one last grim joke that wasn't even funny. ]

I never got to thank you, by the way.

[twentypieces]

We both had to sacrifice.

...Thank me? ...Oh, that. I-- he-- that "me" was there to help you.

[familyissues]

Before that, even. Thanks for leaving me the trail of breadcrumbs to follow- I'm glad I got the whole story.

I wish it could have worked out for the better in the end.

[twentypieces]

Heh, that was... that was the point. That was all I wanted.

You did the right thing.

[crosscode]

You're not the only one who feels that way.

[twentypieces]

You want to talk to me now...

[crosscode]

Because what I did then was inexcusable.

[There are so many regrets.]

I'm sorry.

[twentypieces]

You are?

[crosscode]

I am. It... It wasn't right, what I did.

[It hadn't been fair for them to leave her. But it had been worse for her to keep Clay there. She was supposed to protect him.]

[twentypieces]

No. It wasn't.

...But I didn't...expect to hear that.