[at first his face twists with rage... only to crumple with realization.]
They'd lose hope.
[Without something literal to fight, without a goal of freedom, everything would devolve into chaos.
More than the dog tags around his neck, more than Usagi literally giving him the responsibility of a god- this knowledge hangs on his shoulders like a weight. Suddenly Ren knows, in a way that has nothing to do with age, what it means to be an adult]
[When it gets closer to the end, and the surviving group is more obvious? Maybe that would be the time to share. But not now, not when people would take that information in the wrong way and lose hope.]
It's a lot to bear, I know. This is my eighth year doing it.
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Date: 2018-06-22 07:46 pm (UTC)They'd lose hope.
[Without something literal to fight, without a goal of freedom, everything would devolve into chaos.
More than the dog tags around his neck, more than Usagi literally giving him the responsibility of a god- this knowledge hangs on his shoulders like a weight. Suddenly Ren knows, in a way that has nothing to do with age, what it means to be an adult]
...okay. For now.
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Date: 2018-06-22 08:00 pm (UTC)[When it gets closer to the end, and the surviving group is more obvious? Maybe that would be the time to share. But not now, not when people would take that information in the wrong way and lose hope.]
It's a lot to bear, I know. This is my eighth year doing it.
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Date: 2018-06-22 08:10 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2018-06-23 04:27 am (UTC)Just don't stare into the abyss for too long, alright?