[ Why? Is that the condition- answering this question? Or, is it simply leading up to something else? Her wariness can't be seen or heard except in the way she pauses, but it could be thoughtful too-- is thoughtful. The last thing she is is dishonest, and her voice is steady, slow but firm, when she replies. ]
If I chose not to, I would have to live with the knowledge that I did nothing to stop humanity from dying out... that I allowed the potential for history itself to be destroyed.
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If I chose not to, I would have to live with the knowledge that I did nothing to stop humanity from dying out... that I allowed the potential for history itself to be destroyed.