[A fear is a fear, and even if it's not the Gate that he's talking about....she nods.]
Then we'll hide from that too. As long as we can.
[She goes to grab his hand.]
Come on, we have to get deeper into the vents.
[She could promise him that she won't let the Gate take him but she knows those promises are made by people who don't know any better. Too many people had promised her that she'd be safe from the aliens. They were wrong.
You don't promise things like that, because sometimes you can't stop things. It doesn't mean she won't try to survive though. In fact that's the mode she's in right now. Survive.]
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Then we'll hide from that too. As long as we can.
[She goes to grab his hand.]
Come on, we have to get deeper into the vents.
[She could promise him that she won't let the Gate take him but she knows those promises are made by people who don't know any better. Too many people had promised her that she'd be safe from the aliens. They were wrong.
You don't promise things like that, because sometimes you can't stop things. It doesn't mean she won't try to survive though. In fact that's the mode she's in right now. Survive.]