[ He sees the look on her face and hears the almost snappish tone in her voice, and part of him wants to snap to attention and snap out of this despondent mood, but the Dark Presence doesn't want that. It wants him to stay there; it wants him to think all of this is pointless, that he should just stop.
I don't WANT to stop. If I stop, I don't get to come home. If I stop, none of this ends. That's what she's saying. That's what I know.
Still, Alan's shoulders remain lowered and he knows he still looks like someone who's been defeated. ]
How do we do that? The only way I know how to fight it is with the story, and that's not really fighting it, is it? It's not something we can find and punch or shoot.
What do I need to change it? Just... the pages. The manuscript. I just have to edit them and write out an ending that works. It sounds easy when you say it that way.
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I don't WANT to stop. If I stop, I don't get to come home. If I stop, none of this ends. That's what she's saying. That's what I know.
Still, Alan's shoulders remain lowered and he knows he still looks like someone who's been defeated. ]
How do we do that? The only way I know how to fight it is with the story, and that's not really fighting it, is it? It's not something we can find and punch or shoot.
What do I need to change it? Just... the pages. The manuscript. I just have to edit them and write out an ending that works. It sounds easy when you say it that way.