RITA;

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[goalsides]

[yikes...this sounds a little familiar.]

...I see. Were you able to rescue her in the end?

[overlimit]

Yeah. But it was close.

... At one point, she begged us to kill her.

[goalsides]

[horrible. terrible.]

...how did you save her? How did you know that you could?

[overlimit]

She was controlled by a magic formula. Those are my specialty.

But it wasn't easy. We had to subdue her, and even then, I had to try a bunch of things that had never really been tried before. There was no guarantee that it'd work, but... I couldn't give up on her.

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[there's a thoughtful pause as he thinks it over.]

She's really important to you, huh. [it's barely a question.] It's always scary when you have to take that risk. She's lucky to have people like you then.

[overlimit]

[...!

she wants to protest, but she'll let that slide. yeah, estelle's pretty damn important to her.]

If we weren't restricted so much by the rules governing this place, I just think... maybe something could've been done to help that big idiot, too.

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[...]

Maybe. I don't know. I want to believe you're right but there've been some situations where nothing could be done but to end it like that. If we had more time, maybe we could have tried a few things. But that wouldn't go with the narrative being written for us.

[overlimit]

I know. We do what we can with what we have.

[she clenches a fist at her side...]

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[he notices that and he frowns in understanding.]

...do you think we're ever gonna have enough to actually change things?

[overlimit]

We will.

If there isn't a way now, I'll make one. Like I always do.

[goalsides]

Is this the part where I tell you that you don't actually have to do that by yourself? [dryly. but he gets what she's saying.] We're used to making our own miracles, too. There has to be a point we'll hit where things can turn around.