I'm electric with vertigo, even though I'm on the ground, vertigo like I felt once when I stood on the edge of a high cliff in Arizona and looked straight down.
We might not return from this voyage. None of us. We might all lay down our lives when we reach the end, and not ever know whether our sacrifice changed anything for the better.___t will be for the better,_ Magiano replies. __e cannot just die, not without trying. Not without fighting.___o you really believe that?_ I ask. __hy are we doing this, anyway? To preserve my own life, and yours__ut what has the world ever done for us in order to deserve our sacrifice?__agiano__ brows furrow for a moment, then he leans in closer. __e exist because this world exists. It__ a responsibility of ours, whether or not anyone will remember it._ He nods at me. __nd they will. Because we will return and make sure of it.
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We might not return from this voyage. None of us. We might all lay down our lives when we reach the end, and not ever know whether our sacrifice changed anything for the better.___t will be for the better,_ Magiano replies. __e cannot just die, not without trying. Not without fighting.___o you really believe that?_ I ask. __hy are we doing this, anyway? To preserve my own life, and yours__ut what has the world ever done for us in order to deserve our sacrifice?__agiano__ brows furrow for a moment, then he leans in closer. __e exist because this world exists. It__ a responsibility of ours, whether or not anyone will remember it._ He nods at me. __nd they will. Because we will return and make sure of it.
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