[he does seem a little surprised by Ema's initial outburst, but remains silent as she speaks.]
...I don't think any of us understand it. And don't you think it's strange that even now, we still can't remember every moment leading to our deaths...? [funny enough, the longer he's had time to sit and think about this, the more his resentment has shifted from anyone else trapped in this situation with him and focused squarely on that damn cat. it didn't even matter if he was supposedly giving them an option to escape. in the end, it seems so much more cruel to give that chance only for it to be taken away.]
From the very start, I think that the cat planned such a thing. Why else would he have taken on so many more people than he could bring back? [the way he had spoken about the shadows, too - a good parasite... it has his teeth on edge.
after a few seconds of quiet:] In the end, this is going to boil down to a contest of who has the greatest sympathy. It isn't fair for those who are forced to vote or for those who have the fewest ties here... Even those who've volunteered are putting themselves and everyone around them into an unfair dilemma. Everyone here has something to return to...
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...I don't think any of us understand it. And don't you think it's strange that even now, we still can't remember every moment leading to our deaths...? [funny enough, the longer he's had time to sit and think about this, the more his resentment has shifted from anyone else trapped in this situation with him and focused squarely on that damn cat. it didn't even matter if he was supposedly giving them an option to escape. in the end, it seems so much more cruel to give that chance only for it to be taken away.]
From the very start, I think that the cat planned such a thing. Why else would he have taken on so many more people than he could bring back? [the way he had spoken about the shadows, too - a good parasite... it has his teeth on edge.
after a few seconds of quiet:] In the end, this is going to boil down to a contest of who has the greatest sympathy. It isn't fair for those who are forced to vote or for those who have the fewest ties here... Even those who've volunteered are putting themselves and everyone around them into an unfair dilemma. Everyone here has something to return to...