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Junpei Yoshino, 19

"If there was a button that killed everyone I hated, I probably wouldn't press it ... but if there was a button that killed everyone who hated me, I'd press it without hesitation."

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[ Neither of them is renowned for backing down, but the cold and crowds are getting to Quentin. The missing faces are getting to him. The sickness is getting to him, and his mind keeps going back to his old coworker, his old friend.

[ His thesis is as practical as it is sentimental: ]

we need your house
you have a place in the castle, don't you?

[ Junpei is tired.

Really, that’s not unusual. There’s always something draining his energy from one month to the next.

But lately worry over a very ill Murphy, over the increasingly common disappearances, has brought his fatigue to a new low.

There’s still a prick of anxiety at suddenly having Quentin in his head again, but … ]

I do.

But I’m here watching Murphy tonight. He’s in bad shape. I don’t want to move him.

what is it? is it from the bugs?

Yeah.

You can use my house. Just give me a day or two. Ari will want to relocate him soon again. He doesn’t like staying in one place. Then I’ll go with them.

it's not going to get better in a day or two
you should let him die, he'd be more comfortable and everyone would be safer

I'm gonna take a wild guess and say he won't let you?

[ #murphythings ]

There’s been a lot of dying and not coming back lately.

None of us want to take that risk.

[ There's no way that Junpei doesn't know this. No way that it doesn't haunt him constantly. Quentin hates saying it. Still, it has to be asked: ]

He's going to die anyway from this thing
Is this how you want him to go out?

That’s not a guarantee. As long as he’s still alive, there’s hope. It’s what he wants, and I’m going to keep fighting for him.

Like he kept fighting for me. Even when I was trying to push him away.

Okay
He's lucky you're so stubborn
ig vice versa too

[ He shouldn't rise to the bait, but he hasn't talked to Junpei in weeks. Is he going to get another chance? With the way they're all falling sick-- ]

If loving Danny taught me anything, it was that I can't beat my head against walls that won't give

I love you. I thought you knew that. I thought you believed it.

I believed it.

It’s not as if I expect you to throw your principles aside. The fact nobody else I love turned on me boggles my mind everyday. That’s why I didn’t come seeking you out, even when I started to come back to reality.

You were justified.