[He stares down at the floor, sucking in a breath that's a little ragged. It feels as if he's been punched, a little, as if there's something jagged that's taken up living in his chest.]
It has to decide somehow. How else do we end up here, with people we know? If it was just random action, we'd all be strangers. There has to be something.
[And something, then, to blame, though he doesn't say that aloud.]
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[He stares down at the floor, sucking in a breath that's a little ragged. It feels as if he's been punched, a little, as if there's something jagged that's taken up living in his chest.]
It has to decide somehow. How else do we end up here, with people we know? If it was just random action, we'd all be strangers. There has to be something.
[And something, then, to blame, though he doesn't say that aloud.]