V couldn't bring himself to meet Kerry's gaze, the normally confident man a nervous wreck on the verge of a panic attack.
"Johnny 'n I had a deal. If things couldn't be fixed he'd take the body 'n live, since the Relic was makin' it for him." His breathing was shaky and he was trying to keep it relatively calm and measured.
"Alt said she could pull me 'n Johnny out 'n then put me back in 'n take Johnny, but when we went into Mikoshi she said she forgot to consider the bod--" His voice caught in his throat and he had to stop himself and take a deep breath. The picking at his arm stopped. He still felt like he was going to be sick, but he at least managed to slow himself down enough to speak a little more clearly.
"...Alt forgot t'consider the body's destruction in addition to the code aspect of it. She could extract Johnny but puttin' me back in would just made me some terminal patient in some hospital somewhere. 'N Johnny 'n I agreed if that were the case then Johnny'd be the one t'leave."
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"Johnny 'n I had a deal. If things couldn't be fixed he'd take the body 'n live, since the Relic was makin' it for him." His breathing was shaky and he was trying to keep it relatively calm and measured.
"Alt said she could pull me 'n Johnny out 'n then put me back in 'n take Johnny, but when we went into Mikoshi she said she forgot to consider the bod--" His voice caught in his throat and he had to stop himself and take a deep breath. The picking at his arm stopped. He still felt like he was going to be sick, but he at least managed to slow himself down enough to speak a little more clearly.
"...Alt forgot t'consider the body's destruction in addition to the code aspect of it. She could extract Johnny but puttin' me back in would just made me some terminal patient in some hospital somewhere. 'N Johnny 'n I agreed if that were the case then Johnny'd be the one t'leave."