I will always support you, Shenhe. I will always support this team. But your decisions will effect other people too. I won't interfere if you no longer want to be kind. [ there's an edge to her voice, but she isn't outwardly sad, or angry, or much of anything ]
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--But don't think that it won't change things.
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she brings a hand up to run over the bindings, absently.]
I find you so difficult to predict.
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It's been a long day. I'm tired.
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You have to do things for yourself too, Shenhe. [ the edge in her voice is gone. ]
I'm just a thief from Cairo. It doesn't matter what I think.
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a pause.]
It matters to me what you think. You are not just anything.
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Stop it, I can't cry anymore.
[ she is truly exhausted. ]
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... That wasn't my intention. [she is so alarmed by this]
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I know.
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very carefully, like one would with a cat that just chose to sit on them, shenhe wraps an arm around her.]
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well, in that case, she just hugs her tightly.
she just. needs a little bit of humanity to hold onto.]
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this energizes her a little. ]
I'm sorry I'm so difficult.
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[shenhe knows she's hard mode when it comes to socializing.]
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Alright. [...] ... I'd like to ask you what your thoughts on today are.
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Bad.
[ a beat. ]
I had it, Shenhe. I just couldn't prove my answer.
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You were trying. [...] I was not. So I'm proud of you for doing so.
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That's not good enough. We could have picked for the wrong team.
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... Will you always try to vote for the right team? Even if you don't like the answer.
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Unless it's ours. [ she glances away ]
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Then you are a better person than I am.
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The way we vote might be calculated into points. I still want to win. Anything to keep us from being on the bottom...