[ Alex takes a deep breath and then exhales through his nose.
This isn't like Death. That's what's taken Alex so much to comprehend, this is a person. A person who's killed him...who he can just talk to. Who responds. Who is almost as baffling as the force of nature that ripped his whole world apart and left him crawling through the wreckage.
Alex is tired. He wonders if Ogata is too. ]
I'm gonna lay this out here. I...don't like you. That's probably no surprise, right? You...killed me. And, before that, you were so...smug. All-knowing and hateful. Just so...disconnected when everyone else was in so much pain. But...
[ The train's rushing at the car, and it won't move. The door won't open. The seat belt snapped. But Alex isn't sure it's going to do that in real life. He has to take a leap of faith. He can't let a person die in front of him...even if that person has no regard for the lives of others. Alex can't. Just watch. ]
...But that doesn't mean I want bad things to happen to you. You don't have to like someone to want them to live...and you don't have to have a use for 'em, either. I surely don't. I'm...done with people dying if they don't have to. Any people.
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This isn't like Death. That's what's taken Alex so much to comprehend, this is a person. A person who's killed him...who he can just talk to. Who responds. Who is almost as baffling as the force of nature that ripped his whole world apart and left him crawling through the wreckage.
Alex is tired. He wonders if Ogata is too. ]
I'm gonna lay this out here. I...don't like you. That's probably no surprise, right? You...killed me. And, before that, you were so...smug. All-knowing and hateful. Just so...disconnected when everyone else was in so much pain. But...
[ The train's rushing at the car, and it won't move. The door won't open. The seat belt snapped. But Alex isn't sure it's going to do that in real life. He has to take a leap of faith. He can't let a person die in front of him...even if that person has no regard for the lives of others.
Alex can't. Just watch. ]
...But that doesn't mean I want bad things to happen to you. You don't have to like someone to want them to live...and you don't have to have a use for 'em, either. I surely don't. I'm...done with people dying if they don't have to. Any people.