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     "It's not a suicide mission, though." She responds, a hint of uncertain cowardice in her voice. "We talked about that in the warroom. There'll be time for me to escape." Her naivety is endearing sometimes, in a stupid sort of way.
    "Of course, and humans never lie to comfort eachother. 'Oh, no, honey, it's gonna be okay', 'No, daddy and I aren't going to get a divorce', 'No, that dress doesn't make you look fat'." I chuckle a little. "Of course it's a suicide mission. Why do you think they're putting it in the hands of someone like you?"
    "So, you're saying I shouldn't do it?"
    "Not necessarily. But I don't want you to be surprised when it does eventually kill you."
    "What makes you think I won't back out now that I know it's a suicide mission?"
    "If you could give up your life," I mimic Alexandria's voice. "To save the entire world, would you do it?" She slaps her hands over her ears. Maybe that was too deep a cut. I forget sometimes that she's still human. "I'm not saying you shouldn't do it--"
    "Yes you are!" Her response addles my brain. She's getting the hang of telepathy, admittedly. "Maybe you have nothing to live for, and don't care if you live or die, but I have something worth going back to. Maybe you think this makes me weak, but I'm afraid to die." At first, I am stopped by her intensity. But then, I am amused by it. Once more, she has managed to completely misinterpret me.

    "Hm. Think I don't care if I live or die? Figure I'm too far gone to be afraid? Of course I care if I live or die. That's how I've stayed alive this long. I've always been looking out for myself, because if I die, the only value that I have left in this world--the power to punish the wicked--is gone." I pause and inhale. "It's just that, after two hundred years of this, I want it all to end. Of course you're afraid to die. I'm scared as hell of dying. I've seen the Void. It's a scary place. But it's been a long time. I am exhausted. Do you know how long it's been since I slept?" I smile, though she can't see it from the top bunk. "I'm rooting for you, because if you can end this war, then I get to die. Sure, I'm scared. But I'm ready to face my fear. The question is, are you?"
Came up with an interesting way of pitching this dialogue in my head today. Don't know why this in particular came to me like it did.

Edit: GAAAAAH DEVIANTART, why do you keep ruining my indents and spacing?
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StarlightShoals's avatar
The dialogue feels very natural and flowy~ :clap:

And I know what you mean about the indents and spacing. x_x