I figure I can go out there and get myself killed if I want to.
[Not that he's actually going to do that, but he owns his stupid decisions--he just needs to make sure he's exhausting all options before he resigns himself to being stuck here under the thumb of the locals. They've been surprisingly accommodating so far, but he's always waiting for the other shoe to drop. Who knows when they'll decide that these new arrivals are a drain on their resources, and need to be cast out?
Paranoid, maybe. But he needs to prepare for all possibilities.]
You're out here, same as me.
[He says that with a little nod of acknowledgement. She wouldn't be out here if she wasn't curious about something.]
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[Not that he's actually going to do that, but he owns his stupid decisions--he just needs to make sure he's exhausting all options before he resigns himself to being stuck here under the thumb of the locals. They've been surprisingly accommodating so far, but he's always waiting for the other shoe to drop. Who knows when they'll decide that these new arrivals are a drain on their resources, and need to be cast out?
Paranoid, maybe. But he needs to prepare for all possibilities.]
You're out here, same as me.
[He says that with a little nod of acknowledgement. She wouldn't be out here if she wasn't curious about something.]