[ They continue to cry-- more quietly now, hiccuping and coughing up blood, but at least the hyperventilating seems to be easing off. They aren't sure what to say, or if they can even form words; his brain feels like it's been removed and wrung out, then placed back into his skull, dry and useless and empty. It's hard to change gears-- from begging and pleading for death, to suddenly being cut free, and-- is Hetch--? ]
Is he-- i-is he gone, did you... did you kill him? Did you kill Hetch...?
[ As long as Hetch is alive, he can't be free. As long as Hetch is alive, Ranboo would be better off dead, and honestly, even if Hetch isn't alive anymore, he still might be. After all, there's a whole organization underneath him.
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Is he-- i-is he gone, did you... did you kill him? Did you kill Hetch...?
[ As long as Hetch is alive, he can't be free. As long as Hetch is alive, Ranboo would be better off dead, and honestly, even if Hetch isn't alive anymore, he still might be. After all, there's a whole organization underneath him.
... what's--? ]
Ch... Charlie...?