Maybe they were the ones who were trapped after long enough.
[For anyone else, Ninety-Nine's observation might carry with it a bit of dispassionate sympathy. For these scientists, each of whom she believes is responsible for the suffering the entire group is facing, there's only cold, violent intent.
Maybe she's only looking at their faces to memorize better, so if they ever meet any of them still alive she can kill them on the spot - anything that might free the group.]
When we leave it will go to waste. [How long could they stay here if it didn't matter? Not long enough, and it still feels like a bitter insult to have this here and now. At least she can be grateful for a safe place for them to sleep while she keeps watching, vigilant as an ever-burning, slowly dying flame.]
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[For anyone else, Ninety-Nine's observation might carry with it a bit of dispassionate sympathy. For these scientists, each of whom she believes is responsible for the suffering the entire group is facing, there's only cold, violent intent.
Maybe she's only looking at their faces to memorize better, so if they ever meet any of them still alive she can kill them on the spot - anything that might free the group.]
When we leave it will go to waste. [How long could they stay here if it didn't matter? Not long enough, and it still feels like a bitter insult to have this here and now. At least she can be grateful for a safe place for them to sleep while she keeps watching, vigilant as an ever-burning, slowly dying flame.]