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Gabriella’s words hit hard. The truth always hurts, after all. And now she was saying she was worried, as if Oscar were worth the time and the preoccupation, but he wasn’t, he was just a waste of space and oxygen, existing and surviving for no reason. And she was right, the hole he dug for himself all those years ago was his home, had always been, much more a home than all the houses he’d been forced to live in, more a home than the streets. It was cold, but it was his, so it was comforting. When he had Katya he thought he was climbing out of that hole, he thought he could find a home outside of it, but with her death he’d just been sent even deeper down his hole. Oscar couldn’t even give Ella a decent answer, all he did was stir his drink as he stirred his thoughts, not knowing what to say. Eventually, he just shrugged and took a sip, sighing as he put his glass back down on the counter. “There’s no need to worry about me, doll.”

                  “ Alright, alright! A girl has the right to try, uhh? ”  Adora lamentou, verdadeiramente decepcionada. Tinha duas maneiras básicas de aproximação aos problemas: either sex talk or violence. E ela definitivamente não pretendia machucar Gabriella. “ Let me know if you’re available for sex talk anyway... but, ok. Guess I’ll have to figure this out without any kind of... nakedness.”

“Being in the resistance?” she paused for a moment, analyzing the right words to use in her answer. “A little. But not being in it was scarier. After my camp fell, I felt lost, hopeless…” Chris took a sip of her drink, trying to maintain her calm composure, thinking hard on her words. She was always one for calculating the risks beforehand, always thinking twice before opening her mouth, she never simply jumped headfirst without any previous consideration. It’s what made her an asset, and what helped her go through life all those years. And now, it was kept her alive during the end of the world. “And seeing the state the world outside the walls was, that was scary, horrifying. But the resistance gives purpose, it brings a little more hope to the world. Sure, it’s dangerous, but these days almost anything is. You just have to be careful and know what you’re doing. That’s why we need more people fighting beside us.” she sighed, but allowed herself a small, lazy smile towards Gabriella. It felt good to talk about it, about her fight, it made her a little more hopeful that maybe one day society could be rebuilt better than before. However, she wasn’t naive enough to think that would be possible so soon, but as long as they kept on fighting and pushing for a better future, hope wasn’t completely lost. “And anyways, the zombie threat in the city is a bit smaller, actually. Humans are, like always, the real enemy here,” she finally let out, shrugging as she took one last sip to her lips, letting her words sink in the air between them.

                  --  Probably not how you meant it, but that’s probably the cutest thing I’ve been told this month, G. -- Astoria deu de ombros, erguendo o copo de uísque na direção da outra, recostando-se contra a bancada do Rattlesnake. -- You know what, I am absolutely aware that I shouldn’t be driking again. But life is shit, right? And then you die. Might as well just make things faster. Now, you do let me know if you actually find some jelly out there, uh?