[ boothill stares down at where aventurine grips the sheets, how crisp the creases are in his grip. he's hanging on like it'll keep him from breaking apart. ]
[ It's a good thing this isn't emotionshare week, because the amount of guilt that drops on Aventurine would have probably taken out everyone in the vicinity.
He lowers his face into his hands and shakily inhales, then exhales. ]
... No. [ And doesn't he sound absolutely ruined over it. ] I chose myself.
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... Yes. I was shot and killed in the second round.
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Wait a sec. Killed?
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Killed. It didn't stick, obviously.
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[ Though that would have been kind of sick for the cyoa to do. ]
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[ rather than reviving while in the cyoa which yeah would have been metal. having three lives like in a video game... ]
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... Basically. Something else happened, but that's not as easy to talk about.
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... I won't make you if you don't wanna say nothin'. Maybe it could be somethin' I can understand. Up to you though.
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I made a difficult choice, that's all. Every single one of us there did.
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What choice was that?
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[ Yeah. ]
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You did it to yourself, didn't ya'? Chose her instead of you?
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He lowers his face into his hands and shakily inhales, then exhales. ]
... No. [ And doesn't he sound absolutely ruined over it. ] I chose myself.
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he keeps his voice low. he doesn't know how aventurine will react to what he says. ]
...I think that was the right choice.