[Price is filled with dread at the mere thought of starting fresh. It's too tiring and too late.]
Without Project Freelancer I am nothing.
[He swallows his pride because apparently he didn't make it clear enough. Although he's been reckless lately, he still chooses his words carefully. When he says nothing he means nothing.]
You can stay with me, but you will not like what you see.
Without Project Freelancer you're still my friend. Or at least, I consider that to be the truth. [He figures Price won't. Doesn't matter. Dan's sincere.
The fact that Price isn't taking the opportunity to tell Dan to go away forever tells Dan that Price wants him to stay after all.]
[Price isn't sure what to feel about it. On one hand he's relieved - or at least he understands he should be relieved - that being Dan's friend is an available identity, but on the other hand...It's not something he can rely on.]
Alright.
[He would like to say 'I don't know if I can bear a new beginning' but this conversation is awkward enough already.]
[The mess hall is full of people that hate Price, but they probably will not attack him when he's with Dan. He's been keeping to himself for a month, and not because he wanted to, so simply being able to see people around him could be comforting.]
Sure. Let us go.
[Yet he still kind of hides behind Dan on the way to the mess hall, just in case they meet someone hostile in the meantime.]
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Without Project Freelancer I am nothing.
[He swallows his pride because apparently he didn't make it clear enough. Although he's been reckless lately, he still chooses his words carefully. When he says nothing he means nothing.]
You can stay with me, but you will not like what you see.
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The fact that Price isn't taking the opportunity to tell Dan to go away forever tells Dan that Price wants him to stay after all.]
I don't have to like what I see.
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Alright.
[He would like to say 'I don't know if I can bear a new beginning' but this conversation is awkward enough already.]
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So. Since we established that I'm sorry and we're still friends, do you want to go get lunch from the mess hall?
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Sure. Let us go.
[Yet he still kind of hides behind Dan on the way to the mess hall, just in case they meet someone hostile in the meantime.]