[God...god. He's so trusting and he doesn't believe anyone would and - and even if he did know, he'd still believe in them. He'd still - he did still believe in them, right past the moment they cut him down. Cut him into little smiling pieces.
He doesn't answer for a long minute.
He stares at the ceiling, grin frozen in an agonized rictus.]
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He doesn't answer for a long minute.
He stares at the ceiling, grin frozen in an agonized rictus.]