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[broken-clock.livejournal.com]

[the sound of a journal hitting a wall with great force]

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Five

[fantasticninth.livejournal.com]

Couldn't I? She was getting worse, Five. I never should have left.

Nine

[broken-clock.livejournal.com]

[the words are low, quiet]

Did you ever expect her to die?

Five

[fantasticninth.livejournal.com]

[quietly as well] No. Not Rose. Anyone else--

[a shuddering sigh] I couldn't believe it. Right in front of my eyes, and I thought-- I thought, not her.

Nine

[broken-clock.livejournal.com]

[a long moment, and then, softly]

We never do, do we? Not...not them, never them.

Five

[fantasticninth.livejournal.com]

But it always is.

Nine

[broken-clock.livejournal.com]

[a long pause]

...There's nothing you could have done.

Five

[fantasticninth.livejournal.com]

That's what scares me.

Ninth

[broken-clock.livejournal.com]

[nothing, for a moment, and then, quietly]

I...

We're supposed to be able to protect them.

((Way to be comforting, Five. :p))

Five

[fantasticninth.livejournal.com]

[long silence]

Keywords being 'supposed to'.

Maybe it isn't worth it anymore.

[ooc: SRSLY. D:]

Nine

[broken-clock.livejournal.com]

[he almost agrees, and then, fervently]

No. It's always worth it, you know it is. I know...Rose wouldn't regret meeting you. Even if...

[his voice fades]

((I'M SORRY NINE FIVE HAS ISSUES. D:))