[Right, then. He visibly relaxes when she says that, his expression softening. Walking towards her, he moves to sit down in the spot next to her. Jason will remain silent for a moment, jaw clenches, before he digs his fingers into the sand.]
... Do you think it's all true? That bullshit they said about losing everything we worked for?
[It's surprisingly quick, for someone who doesn't try to get her hopes up. Realizing that everyone needed to die to go home was one thing, and it was awful beyond words, but this... If she believed that most people they fought to save were doomed, and that only one team would be revived - she's not sure she would be able to move forward at all.]
We're not losing Percy. Or Damian, if he isn't on our team. That's... It's just not happening. Okay?
We're not. I'm not okay with leaving Percy and Damian behind, either.
[He agrees easily, tense. Still... There's something he hasn't stopped thinking about since that information came out. A worst case scenario.]
... But, the two of us. We're on the same team. If— [...] If it comes down to it, which it won't, we could save them both. That's what they said, right? We could save people from our own rituals?
...What they were saying was that we could save people from our last game. I would want to check if it would work the same way even though they're here now.
Let's check, then. If it doesn't work that way, fine. But—
[...]
I don't want to be without a back-up plan. [He sighs, frustrated.] Look, I don't want to have to make that kind of choice, either. But if it comes down to it... you, me, Percy and Damian... We didn't go through all that crap for nothing. No way.
[It's better that they don't think about it in more detail than that, considering... Well. It will probably involve murder, and lots of it.]
Let's keep sleuthing. There's plenty of stuff we didn't learn in the town until we asked the right questions, or broke into the right place. Have you been talking to our oh-so-gracious hosts?
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[She glances up at him, expression hard to read. It seems like the similarity isn't lost on her, either, especially when she says:]
There's no diving in my near future, promise.
[After she's said that, she pats the spot next to her to indicate he can take a seat if he'd like.]
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... Do you think it's all true? That bullshit they said about losing everything we worked for?
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[It's surprisingly quick, for someone who doesn't try to get her hopes up. Realizing that everyone needed to die to go home was one thing, and it was awful beyond words, but this... If she believed that most people they fought to save were doomed, and that only one team would be revived - she's not sure she would be able to move forward at all.]
We're not losing Percy. Or Damian, if he isn't on our team. That's... It's just not happening. Okay?
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[He agrees easily, tense. Still... There's something he hasn't stopped thinking about since that information came out. A worst case scenario.]
... But, the two of us. We're on the same team. If— [...] If it comes down to it, which it won't, we could save them both. That's what they said, right? We could save people from our own rituals?
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[Either way, her expression tightens.]
I don't want to have to make that kind of choice.
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[...]
I don't want to be without a back-up plan. [He sighs, frustrated.] Look, I don't want to have to make that kind of choice, either. But if it comes down to it... you, me, Percy and Damian... We didn't go through all that crap for nothing. No way.
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[Which is very simplistic, but it's difficult to think about in more detail than that.]
We've - got time. Our first priority should be figuring out a different way. If it doesn't look like we're going to find one after a few more weeks...
[Then, they can think harder about it.]
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[It's better that they don't think about it in more detail than that, considering... Well. It will probably involve murder, and lots of it.]
Let's keep sleuthing. There's plenty of stuff we didn't learn in the town until we asked the right questions, or broke into the right place. Have you been talking to our oh-so-gracious hosts?