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room #025; bunk 38 (formerly with Mrs. Sheringham)
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[senuna]

[ She wants to leave Joyce behind, somewhere safe, like a home or a glass box. But that was also the mistake she made when she left Dillion, wasn't it? If he had come with her, he might still be alive. If she had stayed, he might have survived. ( When will you learn? )

And she's right. ]

It's the only thing we have.

[persisto]

[That merits a laugh. Not a robust one, but the sort of quiet huffing thing that shakes a small frame like Joyce's in passing.]

It is. [Her fingers twist around the carving again, feeling the strange comfort of rough and smooth.] And I pick this.

[An incredible number of important choices happen with much less information than their time together thus far, after all.]