[The swell of anger recedes, if only for a moment, in the face of that offer. That she'll fix it. That it will be okay, like she had insisted so many times before.]
FROM: optimus.prime@cdc.org
I have lived on borrowed time for so long now. There is nothing for me, with it gone.
[He feels momentarily helpless, in the face of those accusations. He doesn't have time to explain it to her. Maybe if there was a way to make her understand the paths of his own life, and the choices he has made, then she might see that this, for once, isn't about being a hero.]
FROM: optimus.prime@cdc.org
You are right, Fiona.
FROM: optimus.prime@cdc.org
It doesn't.
FROM: optimus.prime@cdc.org
I only wish I had been given the honor of knowing you longer, so that you might understand how I have come to where I am today.
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Fiona...
[The swell of anger recedes, if only for a moment, in the face of that offer. That she'll fix it. That it will be okay, like she had insisted so many times before.]
FROM: optimus.prime@cdc.org
I have lived on borrowed time for so long now. There is nothing for me, with it gone.
FROM: optimus.prime@cdc.org
They destroyed it, for my small act of defiance.
FROM: optimus.prime@cdc.org
I could not withstand this.
FROM: optimus.prime@cdc.org
I am sorry that I could not share your resolve.
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so ur just giving up
FROM: gallagher.fiona@cdc.org
ur going 2 get urself killed
FROM: gallagher.fiona@cdc.org
being a hero doesnt mean dying
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FROM: optimus.prime@cdc.org
You are right, Fiona.
FROM: optimus.prime@cdc.org
It doesn't.
FROM: optimus.prime@cdc.org
I only wish I had been given the honor of knowing you longer, so that you might understand how I have come to where I am today.
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[What else can she say but the truth?]
FROM: gallagher.fiona@cdc.org
that was my last idea 4 getting u 2 stop
FROM: gallagher.fiona@cdc.org
please dont do this
FROM: gallagher.fiona@cdc.org
i dont know what else 2 do
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Do not blame yourself. Neither you nor I can undo what has been done.
FROM: optimus.prime@cdc.org
Do not mourn me, only those those I have let down.
FROM: optimus.prime@cdc.org
Fight for the ones dear to you, as you already have.
FROM: optimus.prime@cdc.org
But always remember the being you are now.
FROM: optimus.prime@cdc.org
I think this is goodbye.
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please dont go
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I am sorry, Fiona.
[And that is the last message he sends.]
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good bye