[yep she's getting a picture here. when someone's helpless to change a terrible situation they sometimes end up regarding it in very strange ways to try to lessen the pain of being in it.
This does not in any way apply to Need, who struggled tremendously once but became genuinely fine with an existence that she's aware is objectively awful.]
Hm. Do you feel more tired during the Crossing? Are we closer to life generally, or life as we were alive?
[they've been here a good while and at last, the thin soil is showing spots as the first fat drops of rain start to patter.]
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This does not in any way apply to Need, who struggled tremendously once but became genuinely fine with an existence that she's aware is objectively awful.]
Hm. Do you feel more tired during the Crossing? Are we closer to life generally, or life as we were alive?
[they've been here a good while and at last, the thin soil is showing spots as the first fat drops of rain start to patter.]