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guido "i cast zone of gun" mista ([personal profile] protegge) wrote in [personal profile] rockymountaindie 2019-11-13 05:28 am (UTC)

[The thing is that he's got nothing to base his own confidence on. Most of the time, when he's confident, that ends up being the case. At the heart of things, and despite everything, he's an optimist. Even when he's looking at the worst of humanity, it's his nature to believe in the best possible outcome.]

[He's angry. He's so fucking angry. But the only way out of anger is through it, to something better than this. He believes Alex will come out of this to a better place where the rules are different because believing the opposite is just fucking unacceptable. He refuses to believe it. That's all.]

[Taking in a sharp breath, he ducks his chin and rubs his face.]
Yeah.

[Yeah.]

Hope if you want. But if — if you can't, then I'll believe it harder. To make up for it.

[Which is stupid. It makes no sense. But he believes that, in one way or another, it'd make a difference. Faith always does (except when it doesn't).]

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