[If he had nothing else to go on, Ed’s lurching gait would tell him enough.] I’ll live. [He rasps, bitterly aware of how hot and puffy and sore he feels all over. They may have stripped him of his dignity, but he still has his fight. And that’s half of surviving, he tells himself.]
They can't just lock us in here and expect to get away with it! [He seethes, a muscle flickering in his jaw.] I know for a fact that we are not the only ones trapped in this hellhole...!
[Sooner or later, he wishes so badly he could say, with conviction, someone’s going to investigate. Someone like Lee - who notices, who cares. Unlike the rest, in this thankless city, who would meet their absences with indifference or relief. But Oswald knows deep down, with a plunging feeling in his gut, that her greatest strength is also her greatest weakness. She cares too much; the Reunification efforts and the slew of sick and injured would keep her occupied, leaving her blind to the goings-on beyond the Green Zone.]
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They can't just lock us in here and expect to get away with it! [He seethes, a muscle flickering in his jaw.] I know for a fact that we are not the only ones trapped in this hellhole...!
[Sooner or later, he wishes so badly he could say, with conviction, someone’s going to investigate. Someone like Lee - who notices, who cares. Unlike the rest, in this thankless city, who would meet their absences with indifference or relief. But Oswald knows deep down, with a plunging feeling in his gut, that her greatest strength is also her greatest weakness. She cares too much; the Reunification efforts and the slew of sick and injured would keep her occupied, leaving her blind to the goings-on beyond the Green Zone.]