Fair? Yeah... I stopped believing in that a long time ago.
[Fate doesn't give a shit about what the rest of them think is fair.]
The worst part is not knowing. I'm scared I'll never find out how it all turned out. This is... the second time I've had to sit and wonder. Sometimes it all feel like one big cruel joke. Just when I think I can't fall and further, there's always something.
[Ari looks at him, sympathetic, and reaches over to touch his arm.]
No, you still know what fair is, otherwise it wouldn't hurt so much. You've just been treated unfairly far too often, it seems like. I think... you're doing all the right things. You have to have hope that it'll get better. That you'll get back to her.
Yeah. I guess you're right. Hope is... all that keeps me going some days. I'm doing my best to hang onto it, but the longer I'm here the more I feel it slipping. I'm just... tired. So tired of all this crap.
[The sympathy is fast becoming worry, because Ari understands that feeling very well, and she knows how dangerous it can be.]
All the things you've suffered before didn't defeat you. This won't either. [She sounds confident. More confident than she feels, right now.] I know that, because I know what sort of man you are. You won't just hold on when you slip to the end of the rope, you'll pull yourself back in again. You won't give in to despair. Your friends won't let you, either, because we know you deserve better than that. We are all going to endure this, and we are all going to get home. [She certainly sounds as if she believes it.]
If you're tired, we'll hold you up for a while, alright? [Another small, hopeful smile. What he really needs is something concrete to fix that hope to. Ari can't give him that, not yet. She can give him distractions.] Didn't I promise I'd show you For the Company? We can watch the first episode, if you want. And you can see what the writers think of Company culture. I promise I won't point out everything that's wrong!
You're going to love the holographic technology, if you haven't seen it before.
[Ari gives him a warm smile. Oda had told her that he wouldn't let her give up, but now she's starting to see the broader interconnections. Crichton may not be officially part of the 'army', but he's close enough to count. They all have to look after one another.
So she opens up her slate computer and starts setting up the first episode. It'll be a welcome distraction for them both.]
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Date: 2023-02-03 08:49 pm (UTC)[Fate doesn't give a shit about what the rest of them think is fair.]
The worst part is not knowing. I'm scared I'll never find out how it all turned out. This is... the second time I've had to sit and wonder. Sometimes it all feel like one big cruel joke. Just when I think I can't fall and further, there's always something.
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Date: 2023-02-05 06:03 pm (UTC)No, you still know what fair is, otherwise it wouldn't hurt so much. You've just been treated unfairly far too often, it seems like. I think... you're doing all the right things. You have to have hope that it'll get better. That you'll get back to her.
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Date: 2023-02-07 04:12 am (UTC)Yeah. I guess you're right. Hope is... all that keeps me going some days. I'm doing my best to hang onto it, but the longer I'm here the more I feel it slipping. I'm just... tired. So tired of all this crap.
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Date: 2023-02-08 12:36 pm (UTC)All the things you've suffered before didn't defeat you. This won't either. [She sounds confident. More confident than she feels, right now.] I know that, because I know what sort of man you are. You won't just hold on when you slip to the end of the rope, you'll pull yourself back in again. You won't give in to despair. Your friends won't let you, either, because we know you deserve better than that. We are all going to endure this, and we are all going to get home. [She certainly sounds as if she believes it.]
If you're tired, we'll hold you up for a while, alright? [Another small, hopeful smile. What he really needs is something concrete to fix that hope to. Ari can't give him that, not yet. She can give him distractions.] Didn't I promise I'd show you For the Company? We can watch the first episode, if you want. And you can see what the writers think of Company culture. I promise I won't point out everything that's wrong!
good ending?
Date: 2023-02-10 03:16 am (UTC)Thank you. I needed to hear that. You're right. I haven't gone through hell and back just to give up here.
[He's got so much left to do. But... maybe he can take some of his own advice for once and take a rest first.]
I'd like that. Yeah. Let's watch some.
excellent! <3
Date: 2023-02-10 05:32 pm (UTC)[Ari gives him a warm smile. Oda had told her that he wouldn't let her give up, but now she's starting to see the broader interconnections. Crichton may not be officially part of the 'army', but he's close enough to count. They all have to look after one another.
So she opens up her slate computer and starts setting up the first episode. It'll be a welcome distraction for them both.]