[His voice is a little gentler, because he's not asking him to justify himself or his existence.
That's not the purpose of the question, and it's not something he'd put on anyone else, much less one of the younger kids. It's more...]
What I'm asking, Boa, is... what you want to do once camp is over. What survival looks like to you. That's what I want to know. [a small pause, and then he decides to go on, because it's a time of misunderstandings and he'll have to use his words a little more than usual] It will help the rest of us. We won't give up. We'll take back everything we've lost.
[It might be a bit strange that he can say that here and now, but there's no wavering. It's something he's decided some time ago. And he's not turning from it. There's nowhere to turn anymore.]
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[His voice is a little gentler, because he's not asking him to justify himself or his existence.
That's not the purpose of the question, and it's not something he'd put on anyone else, much less one of the younger kids. It's more...]
What I'm asking, Boa, is... what you want to do once camp is over. What survival looks like to you. That's what I want to know. [a small pause, and then he decides to go on, because it's a time of misunderstandings and he'll have to use his words a little more than usual] It will help the rest of us. We won't give up. We'll take back everything we've lost.
[It might be a bit strange that he can say that here and now, but there's no wavering. It's something he's decided some time ago. And he's not turning from it. There's nowhere to turn anymore.]