[ She shrinks just a little more with each thing he says, until something catches. She props herself up a little emotionally, and looks him in the eyes again. She's not doing very well, that much is obvious, but this is something that means something to her. ]
It's what I've observed. I.. They've told me this, yes. But I choose to stay because I see evidence of it all the time.
[ She fights to continue to hold eye contact. ]
The adult heroes apologise to us. They apologise for not being able to come up against every threat. And they're so very tired. More tired than we are. And we're very tired. [ So tired it's sometimes painful. ] They can't do all the work, even though they want to. And... [ She flinches and looks away, back to the floor. ] Now they really can't hope to... That woman killed most of them. But my team is mostly unhurt.
And... They allow us to leave, because if there was even the slightest chance of it being assumed we were forced, it could take the whole program down... And forcing people to work for you is how you get villains. We've seen it happen in other countries.
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It's what I've observed. I.. They've told me this, yes. But I choose to stay because I see evidence of it all the time.
[ She fights to continue to hold eye contact. ]
The adult heroes apologise to us. They apologise for not being able to come up against every threat. And they're so very tired. More tired than we are. And we're very tired. [ So tired it's sometimes painful. ] They can't do all the work, even though they want to. And... [ She flinches and looks away, back to the floor. ] Now they really can't hope to... That woman killed most of them. But my team is mostly unhurt.
And... They allow us to leave, because if there was even the slightest chance of it being assumed we were forced, it could take the whole program down... And forcing people to work for you is how you get villains. We've seen it happen in other countries.