["I'm not giving up" really doesn't mean a lot in the end, and that's pretty sad, but it's something that Gilbert's accepted as the truth long before today. Sometimes, fate just intervenes and ruins those plans of survival. Sometimes even the person who speaks them is using them as little more than a crutch, and doesn't actually believe they hold any weight. Break may be afraid of death as anyone else, but will determination and willpower alone be enough sustenance?
He doesn't think so.
And he there's something bitter in hearing that, too. Not surprising, since this is Break and of course he'd want to spite the Will for what she'd done and what she had said. Proving her wrong is just as important as whatever stupid wish she wanted fulfilled, he's sure. But where's the good in it if Break won't be around after? He hates that most of all.
It takes him a second to realize that he's teared up enough for it to well over this time. He still doesn't know what to say, so he takes the silence as a chance to wipe his cheeks.
Then, he just reaches out for Break's hand and grabs hold of his fingers with some sort of strange desperation that says I'm sorry I can't do anything or I wish I could do more or I know you won't be able to say anything but please just tell me what to do. Surely a little guidance is possible...]
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He doesn't think so.
And he there's something bitter in hearing that, too. Not surprising, since this is Break and of course he'd want to spite the Will for what she'd done and what she had said. Proving her wrong is just as important as whatever stupid wish she wanted fulfilled, he's sure. But where's the good in it if Break won't be around after? He hates that most of all.
It takes him a second to realize that he's teared up enough for it to well over this time. He still doesn't know what to say, so he takes the silence as a chance to wipe his cheeks.
Then, he just reaches out for Break's hand and grabs hold of his fingers with some sort of strange desperation that says I'm sorry I can't do anything or I wish I could do more or I know you won't be able to say anything but please just tell me what to do. Surely a little guidance is possible...]