audio;

[extradite]

[ As it happens, the boy's voice could be a little quieter, a little more distant - possibly, if he'd ridden in with a horde of the undead. ]

How do you... resign?

[ Slight pause. ]

When I tried to, they weren't the right words. Right sounding. Right on paper. Right to think abou - ...right. Sorry. That's impolite to ask all of a sudden, without a proper greeting. My bad.

[ A hint louder, more rehearsed - ]

Good day. Pleased to meet you. How do you do.

[ And now back to the pathetic old track. ]

If it's all the same to you: how do you resign from something like this?

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[gwenhwyfar]

[You have no idea how hard it is to roll your eyes if you only have one eye. Alas. Pale. Ghostly. To top it off she has a hollow look to her at this question.]

Resign from what? This? Something else in your life?

[ audio ] / dances with

[extradite]

[ And the obligatory pause at the sight of her, because there's a faint reminder of Rei's likeness, something about the sickliness of her look. ]

...this. 'Service.' 'Fighting.' Whatever it's called.

[ audio ]

[gwenhwyfar]

[KIDS TODAY.]

I believe until you return home, but in the meantime, if you dwell on it, the more painful it will be for you.

[ audio ]

[extradite]

I'm not. Dwelling. I'm saying I'll... do something about it. Want to do something about it.

[ audio ]

[gwenhwyfar]

If you aren't dwelling, then what are you doing?

[ audio ]

[extradite]

[ A painful admission, really. ]

I don't know. I'll figure it out.

[ audio ]

[gwenhwyfar]

Stop thinking about it.

[ audio ]

[extradite]

Thoughts run through my head. They won't slow when I tell them to.

[ audio ]

[gwenhwyfar]

You can't tell thoughts to leave; you find something else to focus on.

[ audio ]

[extradite]

What if that something else fades to white?

[ audio ]

[gwenhwyfar]

Will you live your whole life in paranoia of it fading to white?

[ audio ]

[extradite]

...I'll see after I resign.

[ audio ]

[gwenhwyfar]

You can't. Except it.

[ audio ]

[extradite]

I don't want to. Why should want to? Why should anyone want to? Why do you?