Your family. Keeping them safe and changing that system...[It's hard to continue. The idea makes them a little emotional because yes, they know what sort of situation Ray's coming from and what he's trying to accomplish here.]
...I promise you they'll be safe until you return. It's part of time being frozen.
[Holy shit Ray calm the hell down. Love, despite being a little alarmed, seems to have enough composure not to respond.]
Consider that a promise on your part then. [They take this very seriously.] What else do you want to know? There's a lot of you here and a lot of things happening.
Those? [They wave a hand as if it doesn't matter.] Those are going to be areas that might help you in the future. You'll get to see them soon enough, I think. But I can't be sure what's behind the doors yet.
[There's another laugh even if it's not that funny.] No, no. It's up to all of us, but getting everyone together's sort of a problem in and of itself. We're not the most...organized? It's our first day with you, too.
Tell that to the rest of them. I'm used to having a schedule to follow. [Look. Did you expect them to know what the hell's going on? That was your first mistake.]
Right... Well, let's just make this clear: that means some people are probably going to go down that route, which puts me at risk.
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I'll kill to survive, if that's what it takes. I have no intention of being a sitting duck for others to eliminate. Knowing that, you sure you still want me as a "follower"?
Try your best. Talk to people. Make as many connections as you can and sway their options. Words are a really powerful thing, Ray. You can't forget that influence is a dangerous tool if used the wrong way.
Learn who the others are aligned with and try to find others who have or would align with me. That's your best option. [It also means building a support team so that maybe less people will die and be killed. ]
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What I'm worried, first and foremost, is something happening while I'm not there. You already know what I'm fighting for here, right?
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...I promise you they'll be safe until you return. It's part of time being frozen.
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[and he's deadly serious about that.]
Any info at all you can give me at this point?
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Consider that a promise on your part then. [They take this very seriously.] What else do you want to know? There's a lot of you here and a lot of things happening.
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Let's see... what're the west and east wings for? Let's start with that.
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You can grant any wish we want but you can't get your act together?
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[it starts with "d" and ends in "eath".]
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[a beat.]
I'll kill to survive, if that's what it takes. I have no intention of being a sitting duck for others to eliminate. Knowing that, you sure you still want me as a "follower"?
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It'd be a little hypocritical of me if I said no.
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Learn who the others are aligned with and try to find others who have or would align with me. That's your best option. [It also means building a support team so that maybe less people will die and be killed. ]
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You really should've brought Emma with me, then. She's the one who's good at that kind of thing.
[also she's, like, 80% of ray's moral conscience.]
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You don't think you can grow to be good at it? [They don't even ask who Emma is because they're well aware. ]
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[he's her shadow—the one who will dirty his hands when the other kids can't bring themselves to.]
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