C… I can't— I'm gonna fall—
C: Oh shi— Hey! Hey, I got you, I've got you. HEY EVERYONE! WE'RE STOPPING HERE.
B: We have to k-keep moving C, it's not safe here.
C: No, you need to drink water. Does anyone have any water? Dammit someone get me water!
Hang on B, we're almost there.
B: Why are we doing this, C?
C: You know why.
B: …I miss him.
C: …
B: You can't just ignore our history, C.
C: Like hell I can. Watch me.
B: Being angry isn't going to help anyone.
C: Then what am I supposed to be? Huh? Perfectly fine with what he did to us? Just waltz back into Base Alpha like, "Oh yeah I don't have any free will, but it's fine I'm sure he'll give it back eventually." Yeah sounds fucking great to me B.
B: We're killing ourselves by walking away like this.
C: What, you think we should have stayed? Let him fuck with us more? Let me remind you who left first, you. Not me. I followed you.
B: You say that like you wanted to stay.
C: Of course I-
…
Here… Drink this.
B: Thank you.
Remind me again where we are heading?
C: We're going to Level 61. My assistant is the leader of the outpost there. I've already radioed ahead.
B: The grass here… it's soft.
C: Yeah, I guess so.
B: Come sit, C.
C: …we need to keep moving.
B: C… wait- do you hear that?
C: Shouting… what the fuck is going on?
Hey! Hey, where the fuck are you all going? You're like half our squad!
Their names are irrelevant: We're leaving, this trip isn't worth all of our lives. We're going to Base Beta.
C: The fuck? You're going back to them??
B: Let them go, C.
Nobody matters: Yeah, and you won't be stopping us just because of some grudge you have.
C: It's not some fucking grudge, you weren't there how the fuck would you know?
Doesn't matter: I'm not spending any more lives on your stupid vendetta.
C: You know what? Fuck you, coward.
Nobody cares about the lives lost: You wanna say that to my face? "C"? At least Stretch was brave enough to tell us his name! I don't even know you!
C: He would backstab you in a second given the fucking chance. Like you know him any better?
Who cares: Whatever, we're leaving.
C: …
…Like hell you are.
CRACK
B: Oh my god— what did you do??
CRACK
B: C stop it!!
CRACK
B: ANDREW STOP IT, STOP, STOP IT!
Sobbing.
C: …Like I was saying. Nobody is leaving, and nobody is going back to him unless you plan on telling me first.
Sniff
We leave at dawn. Get some rest.
