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i would've gone to college with jaz. would've gone back to france, looked up our cousins there. settled with dad. been an uncle to yancy's kids.
so yes, i do.
i wouldn't be asking you if i didn't care what you had to say, chuck.
so yes, i do.
i wouldn't be asking you if i didn't care what you had to say, chuck.
i know.
[ and maybe— but no. ]
you were right about me, you know.
[ and maybe— but no. ]
you were right about me, you know.
all of it, the first time.
she doesn't deserve a wash-up like me.
she doesn't deserve a wash-up like me.
[ She has to think about that. ]
Some of us choose to live, at any cost.
Forget honor, forget yourself, so long as you survive — that is what the shrewd teachers teach.
But I no longer know whether living is best, if it means you become a shadow of yourself.
Or perhaps I should speak of hope instead.
Perhaps not everyone is destined to be a miserable creature.
[ A little dark, even for Alayne. Losing Master Chief has added to her bitterness. ]
Some of us choose to live, at any cost.
Forget honor, forget yourself, so long as you survive — that is what the shrewd teachers teach.
But I no longer know whether living is best, if it means you become a shadow of yourself.
Or perhaps I should speak of hope instead.
Perhaps not everyone is destined to be a miserable creature.
[ A little dark, even for Alayne. Losing Master Chief has added to her bitterness. ]
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