assigns libby protag of atlas six

[hasteful]

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[medeian]

Has anyone ever used you knowing that you have consciousness...?

[handholding achieved once more]

You don't have to thank anyone for that, you know.

[hasteful]

No - there's never been a way to communicate that. And... sometimes, it just feels nice to feel like you're being used instead of forgotten. It's a complicated feeling.

[but he just laughs faintly]

I think I do. It's never for sure, especially given who and what I am.

[medeian]

...Both of those options sound painful, though.

[biting her lip]

[hasteful]

Does it? Mm...

[ . . . he looks contemplative at that, as if he'd never considered it]

It's all I've ever known until recently, I guess.

[medeian]

Then - I hope you get to experience something other than those two extremes.

[hasteful]

[he smiles faintly at that]

I do.

Even here, I do. I get to be in this body for just a bit longer, and do what I want, with the people I'd like to be with. And if I choose to protect, then it's my own blade in my own two hands.

So I think that's enough.