[A smile breaks across his face, but it is the crumpled smile of someone who is fighting off tears as Jeb's words shadow the future he has seen and heard glimpses of. It's comforting, though, to hear that he is not the only one. It is not just him who is weak, whose heart would cave in on itself while he decays from the inside.]
I...want to think that I would keep going. That I could learn to be strong anyway. [His voice is shaking, and he stops to swipe at a tear that has loosened itself.] But...I don't know. I can't even imagine what it would be like to lose my sister. It hurts just to think about it... So if it really happened-- [like it would, one day, and there's nothing he can do about it...]
[feburary 25th, action]
I...want to think that I would keep going. That I could learn to be strong anyway. [His voice is shaking, and he stops to swipe at a tear that has loosened itself.] But...I don't know. I can't even imagine what it would be like to lose my sister. It hurts just to think about it... So if it really happened-- [like it would, one day, and there's nothing he can do about it...]