If they were fair, you wouldn't need a magic wish to make it come true - you could just work hard and earn it naturally. That unfairness... Goes for who gets offered a wish, and for who gets theirs granted, too.
[ But she isn't sure what to say to the last part. She wanted to come in calm and composed and say something grounding to help him sort out his feelings, but... There isn't a simple answer to how he should feel or behave in all this. ]
With a wish like yours, I want it to come true. But I... I think that it's up to luck, too. I know that we're not very good at catching people, but it almost seems like a bigger risk to play like that than to just wait out the end of this contest.
Yeah. [He looks up, giving Madoka a twitch of a smile, tired and sad as it may be.] I'm with you. I'll keep going, and doing my best, but I'll never hurt anyone.
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If they were fair, you wouldn't need a magic wish to make it come true - you could just work hard and earn it naturally. That unfairness... Goes for who gets offered a wish, and for who gets theirs granted, too.
[ But she isn't sure what to say to the last part. She wanted to come in calm and composed and say something grounding to help him sort out his feelings, but... There isn't a simple answer to how he should feel or behave in all this. ]
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[It's not bitter, just reflective—and he's strangely calm, talking about it.]
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[ all of life is just as unfair, after all. ]
... If you're dead, what is it that you can do to fix that without a miracle?
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[He shrugs, with an exhale.]
Make the most of my last few weeks, or at least, make the most of my time until someone decides I'm weak enough to pull a Guy on me.
[...]
I think if I win... it'll just be luck. I'm starting to think that's all there is to this.
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[ This is complicated. ]
With a wish like yours, I want it to come true. But I... I think that it's up to luck, too. I know that we're not very good at catching people, but it almost seems like a bigger risk to play like that than to just wait out the end of this contest.
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[he'd just been talking to Zoe about it.]
...It's hard to believe anyone actually went for the death option. Even if it's... kind of set up for that.
[the trials. the curfew. everything.]
I just want to keep doing it my way. Win or lose. I think I'll be happy with the results, then, no matter what.
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[ but. ]
That doesn't mean that you have to give in to that. You, and me, and a bunch of other people can still play this contest differently.
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[...]
Maybe the gods can learn from that.