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[quote=Zachary Ackerson][color=0076a3]"A world like that... doesn't deserve to be."[/color][/quote][/center]

The despondent archer found remained silent, even as a torrent of questions and demands assailed him. He shifted uncomfortably each time Jez spoke, but her voice was his bane right now, and even if he desperately wanted to do what he could to put her at ease, he wanted to remove himself from this hopeless situation even more, which in turn was a feedback loop to the sense of self-loathing preventing him from participating in this discussion. 

[color=0076a3]"..."[/color]

But he knew what he had to do. It was simple. Just pull the lever, condemning Noel to death. She wanted this, and it would solve any problem they had. Like the other times, people would be sad, but they'd continue onwards.

...and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again...

[color=0076a3]"That's the problem, though..."[/color] Zachary finally replied to Alice. [color=0076a3]"...we just keep going. And I don't know how many times I've had to say that, but moving on for the sake of moving on is... meaningless,"[/color] His eyes moved upwards as he looked at Alice. [color=0076a3]"...and for what?"[/color] he asked. [color=0076a3]"To satisfy someone's death wish? There's nothing concrete to say this'll be any different. And we can't even say with confidence this isn't just an attempt for her to take the easy way out."[/color]

Zach turned to Henry. [color=0076a3]"Just because it's 'tame' here, doesn't mean it's okay. Or acceptable,"[/color] There was now a fire to his voice. [color=0076a3]"He was young, and the person who took his life wasn't even trying to. He died for such a pointless, dumb reason like that. And what's more? His murderer saw only a day in prison, and it wasn't as an inmate,"[/color] He didn't dare refer to himself as anything but a murderer. Because that's simply all he was. Well, that and... [color=0076a3]"It was only years after the fact that the murderer confronted the man he used as a patsy. Years. He allowed a man to waste away in prison while he lived out [b]YEARS[/b] of his life pretending like he hadn't done a single thing wrong. A goddamned vacation, while this older man slowly decayed. And he [i]was[/i] decaying. Various health issues that would've been better cared for if he wasn't stuck there plagued him.

So two people lost their lives, and their murderer wasn't even decent enough to take responsibility. If you're saying that's tame here, then I don't know why anyone here can speak about 'hope'."[/color] his eyes turned back to Alice, and then to Jezebel. [color=0076a3]"But even then, I suppose it would be pathetic to break a promise..."[/color]

Zachary reached over and pulled his lever.