[ the majority of the trek towards the ruins is spent in tense silence, after the first talk they'd had outside the shuttle, neither of them completely trusting of each other. if it had been anyone else - minho, brenda, jorge - thomas wouldn't have thought twice about it. but it's newt. and newt should be here. shouldn't be walking around, looking healthy and sane.
and beyond that, nothing seems to line up, aside from the fact WICKED is still as much of a problem for what newt remembers as thomas does. or, as much as it had been. but even still, it's differences that don't really make sense. why bother trying to follow him with something this obvious? is he supposed to be thinking that there's a better future out there somewhere? have some hope for it that can get crushed later?
and he always comes back to the same point - any time he thinks he knows what WICKED is trying to do, any time he tries to go against it, he ends up doing exactly what they wanted him to. just stop thinking about it. stop. ]
I said-- [ he pipes up, not sure he really wants to ask this question, but he'd already committed to it. may as well. ]
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and beyond that, nothing seems to line up, aside from the fact WICKED is still as much of a problem for what newt remembers as thomas does. or, as much as it had been. but even still, it's differences that don't really make sense. why bother trying to follow him with something this obvious? is he supposed to be thinking that there's a better future out there somewhere? have some hope for it that can get crushed later?
and he always comes back to the same point - any time he thinks he knows what WICKED is trying to do, any time he tries to go against it, he ends up doing exactly what they wanted him to. just stop thinking about it. stop. ]
I said-- [ he pipes up, not sure he really wants to ask this question, but he'd already committed to it. may as well. ]
Chuck. Is he alive for you?