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[robosnack]

[ There's a new face on the Network today, but he doesn't bother with an introduction. He looks serious, gets right down to business. ]

Hey, I've got a question for everyone.

Where can I find a wheelchair? Preferably a motorized one.

The sooner, the better.

Thanks.

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[robosnack]

I told you I didn't need to head to safety because I can take care of myself.

I'm not being defensive. I'm telling it how it is.

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[tonsofpun]

Sh'yeah.

Look, I'm just not interested in watching you get killed. This shit is all luck, and this place isn't like home.

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[robosnack]

...you don't know the first thing about me or my home. You have no idea what I'm capable of.

Why do you feel the need to force your inflated sense of protective obligation on me just because you've been here longer?

If that's what helps you sleep at night, fine. Just don't try to pretend it's not selfish.

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[tonsofpun]

Oh yeah. Totally selfish, trying to keep somebody out of the line of fire.

[And completely fucking hypocritical, Ellie.]

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[robosnack]

What's selfish is trying to take credit for it.

And insisting you must be right even after you've been told no thanks.

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[tonsofpun]

Take credit for what? Telling you to fuck off?

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[robosnack]

It's not your job to keep random strangers safe.

At least not to my knowledge. Are you part of some secret Newcomer Protection Squad I don't know about?

...yeah, didn't think so.

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[tonsofpun]

It is if nobody else is bothering to tell random little punks who get dropped into a battlezone to get to safety.

What was I supposed to do?

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[robosnack]

You can do whatever you want to. Doesn't mean everyone has to like it.

I don't understand why we're arguing.

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[tonsofpun]

Yeah, well. I'm not gonna just... walk away, either.

[Awkward. For a moment. She's still upset.]

So you did get out.

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[robosnack]

I'm fine.

I'd appreciate the concern more if I felt it was more about me and less about your hero-complex, though.

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[tonsofpun]

Listen, you little shit-

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[robosnack]

Huh?

Am I wrong?

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[tonsofpun]

First, shut up, and second, I don't even know you, except that you're apparently a total douchewizard.

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[robosnack]

[ aw, shit. he's laughing. what a... colorful insult. ]

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[tonsofpun]

So yeah, you're making it a little hard to care about you personally.

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[robosnack]

You know I don't care what you think of me, right?

Though I've never been called a douchewizard before. You've got a way with words, I'll give you that.

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[tonsofpun]

Gee, thanks.

What's got you so suspicious about people actually giving a damn, anyway?

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[robosnack]

I'm not being suspicious.

I'm just a realist.

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[tonsofpun]

Great.

[She pronounces the 'T', drawing the word out.]

And you don't act like most kids. I'll give you that.

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[robosnack]

I'm not sure what that's supposed to mean.

[ this time, he doesn't sound like he's being rude, just admitting it ]

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[tonsofpun]

... if you're scared, you're not showing it.

I don't know if you're brave, or crazy, or both. But your world must have sucked.

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[robosnack]

I don't think I'm any of those things.

People live in different circumstances, even within the same world.

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[tonsofpun]

Not that much.

[Says the girl with the very limited reality.]

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[robosnack]

Then you're either ignorant, or your world is incredibly small.

The stupidest thing you could do is judge your opponents--or your allies--by the way they look. That's just a fact.