"I remember lying on the floor of the room," she continued, speaking slowly, choosing her words carefully. "And this woman was standing over me. She said that she had a way to save me. I can still remember the exact, damn words she used: 'I can save your life. But it will come at a cost. You won't be human any more. You'll be like me, like the rest of us. You'll have to give up the things you love. There will be grave consequences. Do you understand?'"
Sam shook her head. "I mean...Consequences? Who the fuck gave a crap about consequences? I saw two options in front of me. Life and death. And I was a fucking teenager. Of course I wanted to live. I wasn't going to be some kind of cautionary tale about the recklessness of youth and the fragility of life. I wasn't going to have some memorial set up for me in the quad, where people could tsk and shake their heads and bemoan the fact that I was too young to die. I was too young to die. So I wouldn't. I refused."
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No point in stopping just yet.
"I remember lying on the floor of the room," she continued, speaking slowly, choosing her words carefully. "And this woman was standing over me. She said that she had a way to save me. I can still remember the exact, damn words she used: 'I can save your life. But it will come at a cost. You won't be human any more. You'll be like me, like the rest of us. You'll have to give up the things you love. There will be grave consequences. Do you understand?'"
Sam shook her head. "I mean...Consequences? Who the fuck gave a crap about consequences? I saw two options in front of me. Life and death. And I was a fucking teenager. Of course I wanted to live. I wasn't going to be some kind of cautionary tale about the recklessness of youth and the fragility of life. I wasn't going to have some memorial set up for me in the quad, where people could tsk and shake their heads and bemoan the fact that I was too young to die. I was too young to die. So I wouldn't. I refused."
She made her choice.