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i wonder if he bled a lot while analyzing the data, if he just sat there frozen when he churned out the answers, when the numbers pointed to something unquantifiable, unable to be categorized and beyond any of the levels humanity had constructed, something unranked.

maybe Lee Soohyuk and Choi Jungsoo were right there and they picked up tissues for him and water, shaking him by his shoulder and trying to get him to say something or pull him away from his calculations. I wonder if Kim Roksoo looked at them both and his mind added them the team to the equation and started calculating again.

I wonder how he felt when the data proved survival improbable. I wonder how he felt when record involuntarily compiled data from the first unranked monster attack. i wonder how he felt when the trends told him 'they're going to die'

i wonder if the data was right there, and kim roksoo was a rational person, but he ignored it all. I wonder if he looked at the concern in Lee Soohyuk's firm eyes or the worry laced in Choi Jungsoo's voice as he scolded him about pushing himself too hard, and saw it all stained in blood that wasn't spilled yet. Blood that would, predictably, be spilled in the future.

i wonder how he felt when he realized he was going to lose them.

i wonder how he felt when he was praying he'd just miscalculated.

I CANT WITH THIS CHAPTER HEELLOOO I’m dying between this urge to draw every single scene out and my absolute lack of time and art skills ssnsksksljfhfkfk but here are some smol Cale Mary Vic AND BABY THUGHABEN LMAOOOOO goldy gramps with his shiny anger issues I’m dying 😭😭😭😭😭😭

Apparently there isn’t much news coverage of this outside of the islands

Towns are flooded, homes destroyed and collapsed, roads collapsed, lives at risk, gas leaks from the flood damage

Haleiwa and Waialua are currently evacuated because the 120 year old dam is at risk of bursting

Mind you that damn is owned by Dole. Theyve known about it needing to be fixed for years and years and years. Despite having more than enough money they refuse

The state has been trying to buy it out from them for years so they can fix it, but the sale hasn’t gone through

Keep in mind that the Dole family were the ones who illegally imprisoned Queen Liliuʻokalani and illegally overthrew the monarchy.

If I see another goddamn person say how sad this is for the tourists whose “trips were ruined” and compare a messed up vacation to people losing their homes, belongings, and livelihoods, I’m going to lose my mind

I am so lucky that my family or friend’s are safe and the few whose houses flooded didnt have it too bad, but so so so many were not as fortunate

If you haven’t heard anything about this until now, I suggest looking into it

The sirens didn’t go off until the flood had been going on for hours. Our state government is spending so much money on a fucking monorail we don’t need rather than fixing the infrastructure.

It’s been the locals and Kanaka doing the most to help get people to safety from the start

I don’t really know how to end this

I just need to know people are aware

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