[His response to that is quick but gentle, correcting.]
You likely aren’t. And you don’t have to justify your reasoning to me, Clarke. Your circumstances seem to be different than most here.
[Having no one to return to, barely even knowing if she’d survive long if or when she did. New Amsterdam acted as an isolated island in the universe to most, where they were all stranded upon with no ships to sail outward; but it was naive of him to believe that no one would view it as a reprieve.]
Even so, that’s not true. You always have a choice. If you could return home right now, would you choose to stay here?
[Or would she feel like Markus, ridden with guilt, believing herself to abandon something important if she stayed — even if all that awaits her is loneliness and being rudderless?]
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You likely aren’t. And you don’t have to justify your reasoning to me, Clarke. Your circumstances seem to be different than most here.
[Having no one to return to, barely even knowing if she’d survive long if or when she did. New Amsterdam acted as an isolated island in the universe to most, where they were all stranded upon with no ships to sail outward; but it was naive of him to believe that no one would view it as a reprieve.]
Even so, that’s not true. You always have a choice. If you could return home right now, would you choose to stay here?
[Or would she feel like Markus, ridden with guilt, believing herself to abandon something important if she stayed — even if all that awaits her is loneliness and being rudderless?]