"Yeah, I guess." Accelerator replies with the kind of tone that makes it clear mingling isn't really his thing. Not surprising given his brusque attitude.
"Nothing. But usually there isn't any way to opt out -- when we had to go through that damn labyrinth, people couldn't just hang back because Aurora was redirecting the oxygen from here," he waves his free hand at their immediate surroundings, "into the maze. So you didn't have a choice if you didn't want to suffocate. Same with going to Eos' city, we all had to go."
Then again, it's not as if he tried very hard to opt out of any missions. Despite his own skepticism, he doesn't want to take the chance that Echo is being truthful. He's got too much responsibility back home to turn his back on his own universe.
He thinks a bit more on this. "I guess with the stuffed animals you could've just shoved it into a drawer and left it alone. Someone could've done that and skipped all of that bullshit entirely."
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"Nothing. But usually there isn't any way to opt out -- when we had to go through that damn labyrinth, people couldn't just hang back because Aurora was redirecting the oxygen from here," he waves his free hand at their immediate surroundings, "into the maze. So you didn't have a choice if you didn't want to suffocate. Same with going to Eos' city, we all had to go."
Then again, it's not as if he tried very hard to opt out of any missions. Despite his own skepticism, he doesn't want to take the chance that Echo is being truthful. He's got too much responsibility back home to turn his back on his own universe.
He thinks a bit more on this. "I guess with the stuffed animals you could've just shoved it into a drawer and left it alone. Someone could've done that and skipped all of that bullshit entirely."