it is that question that earns a faint tightening in Abel's eyes, the furrow of his brow not in concern or empathy this time, but mild displeasure. ]
...You understand better than most that everything has its consequences.
[ that word is good as taking on a new meaning with its use in conversation between them, isn't it? but Abel is bereft of any amusement or humor as he uses it now. ]
But you also understand that this world isn't fair, isn't just. That the price we pay isn't always necessarily what we deserve. Whether it was because of the sickness, what happened to him... what might happen to any of us should we fall-- it isn't something we should take lightly.
[ he leans his weight forward a bit more, vaguely hunched over his glass as he halfheartedly prods one edge, sending it sliding an inch across the countertop. ]
I just-- I don't want to see you treat your life, anyone's life, as expendable. Just because we come back, Gen... it doesn't mean we come back as we're meant to, or without losing pieces of ourselves. It is a very slippery slope to walk, and once you fall-- there is no telling if you can come back.
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it is that question that earns a faint tightening in Abel's eyes, the furrow of his brow not in concern or empathy this time, but mild displeasure. ]
...You understand better than most that everything has its consequences.
[ that word is good as taking on a new meaning with its use in conversation between them, isn't it? but Abel is bereft of any amusement or humor as he uses it now. ]
But you also understand that this world isn't fair, isn't just. That the price we pay isn't always necessarily what we deserve. Whether it was because of the sickness, what happened to him... what might happen to any of us should we fall-- it isn't something we should take lightly.
[ he leans his weight forward a bit more, vaguely hunched over his glass as he halfheartedly prods one edge, sending it sliding an inch across the countertop. ]
I just-- I don't want to see you treat your life, anyone's life, as expendable. Just because we come back, Gen... it doesn't mean we come back as we're meant to, or without losing pieces of ourselves. It is a very slippery slope to walk, and once you fall-- there is no telling if you can come back.