Yes. I think what you said is exactly correct, which is why it offends me. She didn't have much of a choice; we both would have died if she hadn't done what she did. But I don't think she valued her own life nearly as much as she ought to have.
[This makes him chuckle a little. He motions with his hand at the pizza. Try some.]
This must be what Cloud sounds like talking about me and Lup. Can't say I can disagree with your cavalier considering. [He shrugs one shoulder and glances away.] Sometimes... it just feels like maybe your life amounts to something even if it's using it to make sure someone else is safe.
[fine, she'll try the pizza. but as she picks it up - ]
That's garbage and it's awful to hear. No one's life has to "amount" to something. It doesn't exist just for the use of someone else. Of course Gideon thought it was all she was worth. That's what my House does to people, it convinces them they're nothing more than a resource to be expended, and for what? All of their sacrifices bought was me, and I'm not worth it. That isn't self-pity. No person could ever be worth it.
[and she takes a bite of pizza and then drops the piece to the table, makes a face, and grabs water.]
[Is he being scolded? He's being scolded. Like--nicely. "It's logically." It's nicely. He opens his mouth, but then pauses before bursting into quiet laughter.]
Nooooo, not the pizza. Anything but the pizza being called disgusting. You mean you don't like carbohydrates slathered in tomato sauce and cheese with disks of pepperoni on top?
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Yes. I think what you said is exactly correct, which is why it offends me. She didn't have much of a choice; we both would have died if she hadn't done what she did. But I don't think she valued her own life nearly as much as she ought to have.
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This must be what Cloud sounds like talking about me and Lup. Can't say I can disagree with your cavalier considering. [He shrugs one shoulder and glances away.] Sometimes... it just feels like maybe your life amounts to something even if it's using it to make sure someone else is safe.
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That's garbage and it's awful to hear. No one's life has to "amount" to something. It doesn't exist just for the use of someone else. Of course Gideon thought it was all she was worth. That's what my House does to people, it convinces them they're nothing more than a resource to be expended, and for what? All of their sacrifices bought was me, and I'm not worth it. That isn't self-pity. No person could ever be worth it.
[and she takes a bite of pizza and then drops the piece to the table, makes a face, and grabs water.]
Digusting!
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Nooooo, not the pizza. Anything but the pizza being called disgusting. You mean you don't like carbohydrates slathered in tomato sauce and cheese with disks of pepperoni on top?