Hah. Haven't you seen me, Brando? I give up all the time. You used to think it was suspicious. [He's easygoing and doesn't like to argue, but that was a facetious point. This isn't:] I wanted to give up when the dust was settling, after the wyrm, again and again. But people wouldn't let me. You, and Aaron, and all the rest.
[He hasn't struggled with bird shape as much as the other version of him has, but that doesn't mean everything's been easy. Julien still tends to try to isolate himself and wait for death.]
I'm only really brave for people I love.
[Julien leans in hard. Anyone else would be pushed back unless they braced themselves.]
Maybe it's not quits. But it's not... there's no simple, triumphant way out here. There's choosing death or something kind of worse - don't make me tell you what's worse, I've been there, I've seen it. Or there's just. Trying to survive and hope for a chance.
lol I was gonna say!
[He hasn't struggled with bird shape as much as the other version of him has, but that doesn't mean everything's been easy. Julien still tends to try to isolate himself and wait for death.]
I'm only really brave for people I love.
[Julien leans in hard. Anyone else would be pushed back unless they braced themselves.]
Maybe it's not quits. But it's not... there's no simple, triumphant way out here. There's choosing death or something kind of worse - don't make me tell you what's worse, I've been there, I've seen it. Or there's just. Trying to survive and hope for a chance.