[As they work together, Ellie narrows her focus, is patient but critical- and that's why it brings her out of it when Castiel speaks to her directly.
She looks up, her eyes harder, the edges of her mouth tight, searching his eyes. It's not something she really wanted to discuss. She herself doesn't really want to think too hard about why she's doing this. He's going into the Quarry with the likes of Wade and the others, he won't stand a chance and it's probably cruel to give him false hope.
... but she survived, a long time ago, because someone took the time to teach her when she seemed hopeless. And if someone does win, she'd rather it be one of the many, many worthwhile people who are also probably going to die.]
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She looks up, her eyes harder, the edges of her mouth tight, searching his eyes. It's not something she really wanted to discuss. She herself doesn't really want to think too hard about why she's doing this. He's going into the Quarry with the likes of Wade and the others, he won't stand a chance and it's probably cruel to give him false hope.
... but she survived, a long time ago, because someone took the time to teach her when she seemed hopeless. And if someone does win, she'd rather it be one of the many, many worthwhile people who are also probably going to die.]
Yeah, well... you didn't have to, either.