grian: bdubs, etho has no loyalty to you. he’s just immediately teamed up with the next guy that’s come along.
bdubs: he loves me.
grian: if he loved you, why didn’t he give you a life?
bdubs: he cares about me. he does.
grian: *laughs* you’re the only one left in BEST that i see.
i keep thinking about this conversation between two people who, three weeks ago, were faced with the exact same dire situation. because they’re both so confident in their statements. bdubs is brimming with hope. etho’s waiting for him with the others. he’ll be back soon. but for grian, there’s a new bitterness in his voice, in his laugh. because the idea of anyone truly caring about anything other than themselves is absurd. there is no loyalty in survival. there is no love in last life. etho’s long moved on from bdubs. he’s sure of it.