[He doesn't like that, but he also doesn't want to pry. Not with something so personal.
Instead, the inside of the New York Public Library slowly falls away from top to bottom of the room, but the image of it is chased by something else.]
How about this.
[Wherever it is, there's a long, long stretch of soft-sanded beach. Palm and frangipani trees line the bank on the left; the wide, bright blue ocean lines the right. It's a pretty decent vroom system. It's warm, like there's sun, and the waves crash, and the whore birds holler.
He takes her by the hand and leads her forward without moving himself, as if trying to get her to walk along the beach.]
[ it's fine, he has the dubious honour of being the first person to realise what her old job actually was. sort of. ]
...?
[ she's still sort of looking around at the public library, so when it melts away into a completely different location she's momentarily confused. like she'd forgotten they were in the holodeck -- which, to be fair, she had sort of done exactly that. ]
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[ she's quiet for maybe a moment longer than is comfortable. thinking about what blanca said, and the idea of rationalising a person's situation. ]
That sounds like an excuse, to me. Rationalising it.
[ ... ] What made you change your mind?
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[An excuse. He wanted Ash to be safe, but the only safe place for Ash wasn't safe at all.]
Ash did. He told me he was tired of playing the role he was given. And I realized, I had been tired of mine, too.
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[ it's fine alex just dig that knife in a little deeper ]
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Unfortunately, [that it took that long, he means] yes. If only it wasn't hindsight that was twenty-twenty, Miss Alex.
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that isn't always the case. and blanca certainly seems regretful enough. ]
It always is. Dragging it behind you probably won't help though. You just need to have sharper foresight in the future.
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You're very wise, Miss Alex.
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No, just naive enough to have dealt with the consequences.
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Instead, the inside of the New York Public Library slowly falls away from top to bottom of the room, but the image of it is chased by something else.]
How about this.
[Wherever it is, there's a long, long stretch of soft-sanded beach. Palm and frangipani trees line the bank on the left; the wide, bright blue ocean lines the right. It's a pretty decent vroom system. It's warm, like there's sun, and the waves crash, and the whore birds holler.
He takes her by the hand and leads her forward without moving himself, as if trying to get her to walk along the beach.]
Go ahead.
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...?
[ she's still sort of looking around at the public library, so when it melts away into a completely different location she's momentarily confused. like she'd forgotten they were in the holodeck -- which, to be fair, she had sort of done exactly that. ]
Where...?
[ this is quite a leap, blanca. pls explain. ]