[ How much of a choice any of it was may be debatable. ]
I do not need any of that to believe that you aren't responsible for anything that has occurred. Our captor would likely have attempted some torment no matter what was done. It does not mean we should ever cease our defiance.
On the mere chance that it was some sort of repurcussion, then that would not be a bad thing. It would mean that we are capable of upsetting them. That's an advantage.
[ So, not like Miu, and Robby doesn't want to make any other comparisons, doesn't want to ask what it's like to see such things. His own worn mind gives him the answer: too much. ]
Someone able to exercise so much power should have trouble comprehending how anyone could continue to defy them. No doubt they believe that we can only last for so long before we bend to their will.
They would likely speak through action, as you fear. But that is better than nothing happening on our action, to be silently wasting away into nothingness.
What you attempted was not reckless, by any measure.
[ It's not a straightforward consideration. This alone might not set Robby's belief of how he should continue onward (what can he handle? what is he willing to risk?), but a lot of what Miss Ives says, more poetic than he, vibes with him. The reason that he put together the rebel party: the desire to defy. To test the ones testing them, to see what they will do. To give others the incentive to do something instead of choosing nothing.
The question of his personal strength (or, his ability to endure) is still on the table, but if he's honest with himself? ]
That's what I want to do. I don't want to play by their rules. I still don't.
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[ How much of a choice any of it was may be debatable. ]
I do not need any of that to believe that you aren't responsible for anything that has occurred. Our captor would likely have attempted some torment no matter what was done. It does not mean we should ever cease our defiance.
On the mere chance that it was some sort of repurcussion, then that would not be a bad thing. It would mean that we are capable of upsetting them. That's an advantage.
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Upsetting them until they speak?
[ Or meet their limit for defiance. ]
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They would likely speak through action, as you fear. But that is better than nothing happening on our action, to be silently wasting away into nothingness.
What you attempted was not reckless, by any measure.
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The question of his personal strength (or, his ability to endure) is still on the table, but if he's honest with himself? ]
That's what I want to do. I don't want to play by their rules. I still don't.
[ Even after everything. ]
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If you could learn one thing only about what you have seen, what you have suffered, what would it be?
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I'm not sure.
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I could find out what everyone else who took part experienced?