021 VOICE LIST NINE

[deadliestviper]

Fine.

You've all thought about it, even if you haven't said it: if you could kill anyone, or order anyone killed, from your world or here, who would it be?

If you feel like answering a bonus question, why? Unless you're extraordinarily brave, I expect your answer privately. No judgment.

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[ Private ]

[deadliestviper]

Did you want to get to that point?

[It's the most personal question she'll ask, and the only one, although she has many others – what freedom did they have? What were the targets on these solo missions? And what did one have to do to prove their trustworthiness?]

Not quite. The child's officially named soon after birth, but some parents pick names years in advance and some don't choose until the last minute. At the time, my fiancé and I were still deciding on a name we both liked.

[ Private ]

[warisart]

[Ben would answer any of them to the best of his ability; he's accustomed to the things about himself that others would consider private or personal being public domain, and he's just settled enough here that he's even willing to offer some of his private thoughts as well. She's been kind to him. She's being kind to him. He doesn't hesitate.]

We didn't want. Four years was too far ahead to seem real, we took a day at a time. It might have changed by the time we were old enough anyway, so wanting it was worse than futile.

[To the rest, he considers for a moment, then:]

I understand.