one; voice {my mathematical mind can see the breaks}.

[justmath]

[Oh hey, look, it's a (fairly) new kid on the network. And he has a question for y'all.]

Hey, everyone. My name's Alvin Draper and I'm pretty new here, so I apologize if this is a question that's been asked before, but it seemed ... relevant, given some of the more recent discussions here.

[I.e., that whole "should we kill Delight" poll, which Tim is still actively side-eyeing the hell out of everyone here over. Except Lance. Lance is the only sane person here and has the correct opinion on murder.]

I'm just curious - [because he wants to know exactly what kinds of psychos he's landed with] - under what circumstances do you believe it's acceptable to kill someone, and why do you believe that?

[Please cite your sources using MLA format, thanks!]

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[outofthefire]

That's easy. When it's them or you, you choose you.

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[justmath]

Why do you assume that you have to choose between only those two options?

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[outofthefire]

Because usually that's what it does come down to. And I should know. I was murdered right before I came here.

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[justmath]

[Mm, that's. A little uncomfortably familiar - it was a calculated sacrifice he chose to make, and Tim wasn't actually killed by the Colony's army of drones, but it still felt like he was. (Comics are bullshit.)]

I'm very sorry to hear that.

[Not just idle condolences - Tim feel genuine regret that anyone ever has to suffer being killed.]

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[outofthefire]

Thanks. I'm sorry it happened. Didn't have much of a choice, though.

[she'd die a hundred times before she'd let BOB take possession of her body]

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[justmath]

No one really chooses to be murdered.

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[outofthefire]

I did. Better that than let BOB have me.

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[justmath]

... What do you mean?

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[outofthefire]

BOB is a demon. He'd possessed my father and wanted to possess me. I died rather than let that happen.

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[justmath]

[O ... K.]

I'm ... sorry you were in that position.

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[outofthefire]

[Twin Peaks is special, okay?]

So am I. I wanted to do a little more living before dying.

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[justmath]

I think ... most people do.

[Tim sure did. Even though his death wasn't real, it felt real enough.]

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[outofthefire]

Probably. Unless you're really old and eating Jello for dinner, then it might be a relief.

[Laura was stabbed repeatedly and was aware for most of it]