I assumed it meant we needed to stay above six, at first.
And I haven't gotten a chance to ask the overseers about it myself. But Vin says she talked to Famine, and they said that the ritual needs there to be six of us.
At least I know... who to ask if I want answers. He's more honest with me than the rest.
[they're all very concerned over there and that's so valid because he's struggling but. if he's going to live then he's going to try to keep himself in the loop.]
If I asked directly, they would likely answer me... but five of them wrote to me and only one mentioned that at all. They might have coordinated, but... he sounded a little hesitant to be telling me.
[so he. has a bit of a suspicion they're trying to protect his feelings.]
well, his emotions are a mess, at that. they keep telling him to live, but is that what they want for him? everyone else to die around him until they hit that number? that's almost everyone. that's...]
[ she's just trying to power through his emotions here. ]
Dying is dying, but it's still—not as bad as it could be for them, you know? They're still somewhere. They can still contact us. It's not like it's permanent.
[ things she is constantly reminding herself, but that sounds pretty callous when she says it out loud like this. ]
...that doesn't mean that we'll... see them again.
[which is the part he hasn't wanted to confront too much, really. yes, they can communicate now, but where are they-? if they've died, then how will they ever...?]
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That we need our numbers to drop down lower than six.
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[he was hoping for higher but as ever he will probably be disappointed]
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And I haven't gotten a chance to ask the overseers about it myself. But Vin says she talked to Famine, and they said that the ritual needs there to be six of us.
So if we want the ritual to fail...
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I already wrote back to ask if five or seven would be preferable, so hopefully they can say...
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But it's worth checking. Some stuff just gets censored, but hopefully they can tell us a little more.
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[they're all very concerned over there and that's so valid because he's struggling but. if he's going to live then he's going to try to keep himself in the loop.]
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[ annoying. ]
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[so he. has a bit of a suspicion they're trying to protect his feelings.]
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[ so. she hopes that's what that is. ]
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[...]
...if it does end up needing to be lower, then what are we going to...
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If it needs to be lower, that means we're on the right path. Which... Sucks, I know. But it's true.
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well, his emotions are a mess, at that. they keep telling him to live, but is that what they want for him? everyone else to die around him until they hit that number? that's almost everyone. that's...]
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Dying is dying, but it's still—not as bad as it could be for them, you know? They're still somewhere. They can still contact us. It's not like it's permanent.
[ things she is constantly reminding herself, but that sounds pretty callous when she says it out loud like this. ]
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[which is the part he hasn't wanted to confront too much, really. yes, they can communicate now, but where are they-? if they've died, then how will they ever...?]
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[thinking about bringing dead people back is kind of a Thing with him specifically, the vibes becoming uneasy once more.]
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There's no point worrying about it for now. We just do what we have to do.
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[he has to wonder if they're going to live, or not.]
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[ in theory. ]
... I do think we'll see them again.
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[but-- there's a little fear there, too, of what it would take for that to happen.]
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In other news, did any of your letters mention rocks?
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[thinking...]
No. None of mine said anything about them.
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