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[lingeringfear]

[There's something distinctly different about Fear when he turns the video on this time. He seems even less human than normal, not breathing, not blinking, as if he's forgotten how to manipulate his form so that it actually appears lifelike.

He manages to move his mouth as he speaks, but the motion doesn't quite sync up with the words echoed in through the mic.]

...so I've finally failed.

[His eyes are unfocused, but he looks downward, contemplative.]

I only got half the city out. It won't be enough- we can't start over, not without Hope. So it ends here, I suppose.

[He takes in his first breath since beginning the recording, letting it out in a long sigh.]

I'm sorry.

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[secondreturned]

Of course you'd say that, silly!

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[lingeringhope]

Of course. I know what I'm talking about.

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[secondreturned]

Or you're just very hopeful!

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[lingeringhope]

One of us must be. I have no desire to simply lay down and die.

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[secondreturned]

...I don't think that being afraid is the same as giving up.

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[lingeringhope]

I am afraid too. We all are.

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[secondreturned]

If only that alone were enough.

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[lingeringhope]

We'll get their help. They want to live, too.