Pam's question made Raine cringe a little, like hearing an unpleasant note from their violin made them recoil. They tried to keep their outward reaction as neutral as possible, but their head fell a little.
"You learn from your mistakes. And you keep going. That's what I've had to do," They avoid looking at Eda, instead looking down at their hands, clasped tightly in their lap. "I fail to stop the man I've been trying to stop for decades back home. Twice, possibly. But I- I don't want to see my failures as proof that I can't— or that I won't— learn from them and apply that to when I try again. And.. if I die? If my friends die? Then.. I guess I have to accept that at least we all died fighting for a better future."
Raine grew quiet by the end of what they said, but their gaze returns to Pam.
"Nothing good would happen if we all gave up. Giving up.. It.. I believe it makes you complicit. I.. Certainly would've been, if I'd stood by and done nothing with the knowledge that I had."
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"You learn from your mistakes. And you keep going. That's what I've had to do," They avoid looking at Eda, instead looking down at their hands, clasped tightly in their lap. "I fail to stop the man I've been trying to stop for decades back home. Twice, possibly. But I- I don't want to see my failures as proof that I can't— or that I won't— learn from them and apply that to when I try again. And.. if I die? If my friends die? Then.. I guess I have to accept that at least we all died fighting for a better future."
Raine grew quiet by the end of what they said, but their gaze returns to Pam.
"Nothing good would happen if we all gave up. Giving up.. It.. I believe it makes you complicit. I.. Certainly would've been, if I'd stood by and done nothing with the knowledge that I had."