So you have to give up yours just because she's your mom?
[chuuya's not hanging back anymore. he's right in fawkes' space, pushing himself close both to ensure he has his attention and to put himself in a position to do something if he tries to go through with this.]
And you said you weren't doing anything stupid! What else do you call this, huh?
[self-sacrifice, he's fairly sure, only makes the person doing it feel any better about the situation.]
People die, Fawkes. Everybody dies. I get wanting to stop it, but-- shit, do you know how many people you'd fuck up doing that? You get to feel good about saving someone before you die but what about everyone that loses you, idiot?!
SUPER LATE SORRY feel free to ignore this
[chuuya's not hanging back anymore. he's right in fawkes' space, pushing himself close both to ensure he has his attention and to put himself in a position to do something if he tries to go through with this.]
And you said you weren't doing anything stupid! What else do you call this, huh?
[self-sacrifice, he's fairly sure, only makes the person doing it feel any better about the situation.]
People die, Fawkes. Everybody dies. I get wanting to stop it, but-- shit, do you know how many people you'd fuck up doing that? You get to feel good about saving someone before you die but what about everyone that loses you, idiot?!