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Heyyyy! ♥ This is Maddy!

I obviously can't get to my walkie talkie right now, so if you have something to say, you can leave it here and I'll get back to you as soon as I can.

Oh, and don't be fucking rude. If you send me some nasty shit, I'll fucking cut you.

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[ She does make a good point. As much as Levi would like her to stay in the camp where it's safe... just how safe is it, really? For how long? Humanity had believed itself to be safe behind the walls, too, until one day, it wasn't. ]

[ They could stay out of dangerous or unknown territories. He could take her along to explore some parts of jungle he's already trekked through successfully, show her how to find water and food. It might not be "safe", but it shouldn't be "dangerous", either -- and frankly, none of them are "safe" anywhere on this island anyway. ]

It's hard to argue with you. [ He doesn't laugh, but he does sound vaguely amused -- and perhaps exasperated, in a fond way. She's playing him like a damn fiddle, isn't she? But her arguments do hold up, so he supposes it doesn't matter much. ] Fine. We'll just have to make sure that doesn't happen.

[ The not knowing how to take care of herself part, at least. ]

Mm.

[ He'd leave it at that, a vague noise of acknowledgement at the thanks, but then she goes on and -- oh. ]

[ She gets it, huh. ]

...yeah. [ He still sounds tired and blank, but maybe a little... softer. ] But it's how we know we're still human.

[ It would be too easy to let shitty circumstances or cruelty of reality to turn you into a monster; it would hurt less, perhaps. But it would not be worth that cost. Feelings were important; it could keep you going when everything else failed, it let you find meaning, belief, purpose. Lives were precious; if everybody acknowledged that, the world would be a better place. ]

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[ Maddy can't help but be pleased when he says it's hard to argue with her. With only a hint of smugness: ] Yeah. I know. [ If there's one thing she knows she's good at it, it's getting her way. ]

Oh my God, yay! Thank you!

[ You can pretty much hear the happy little bounce on the other end. Even the stinging pain in her wound is briefly forgotten in her delight. She does hiss quietly though, a reminder that she's still wounded.

But she gets quieter and more subdued when he does too. ]

Mmmm. Yeah. It's like, without caring about other people, and loving other people, what's even the point? [ Maddy has never been ambitious in terms of having her own career. She doesn't seek a "purpose" in life the way some people do. She likes the finer things in life, sure. She likes to party, she likes to have fun. But... ]

Sometimes I forget that. Or it's like, I try to. When you care about people, you can get hurt. When they get hurt. Or when they hurt you. [ She doesn't think Levi is beyond getting hurt. She doesn't think anybody is. ]

You're right, though. That's what makes us [ she almost says "human", but then she thinks about K, who isn't human ] people.

Don't get hurt out there, okay? Otherwise, I'll be sad.

[wingbound]

[ He hadn't quite been seeking any "purpose" either, but once he got one dropped into his lap... well, he couldn't exactly complain. ]

[ He listens to her talk, agreeing with him, and he agrees back. He loves people. He's usually fairly good at reading them, too. He's just not good with them, funnily enough. But most times, he's happy just observing others' lives. ]

[ It hurts so fucking much, but he wouldn't trade it for anything. ]

[ He does note the replaced word. "People". Wasn't that the same thing as "humanity"? He supposes some, like the shifters, may not consider themselves human, but that did not make it true. They still were, until they decided to cast it aside. Perhaps there's some other meaning to this, but the moment doesn't feel right to ask. ]

Can't promise that. But I'm careful.

[ For now... ]

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I know. I trust you.

[ That means a lot, coming from Maddy. Maddy likes many, but trusts few.

But she trusts Levi. ]

wrap ig?

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I know.

[ He has a pretty good idea of just how big it is, too, even if he'd still be touched if she was more generous with her trust. ]

[ And that's exactly why he feels he mustn't let her down. ]

works for me!

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[ yes! i think we can call this thread completed. ]