[which. he hates to admit, because it makes it sound like he's reducing actual lives to nothing but pros and cons. but hey, that's neither here nor there. he has to live with his own choices, doesn't he?]
[and he nods]
Yeah. Maybe. Now that everyone knows, I guess that's something we can talk about in public before we're forced to make our choice.
[. . .]
But for what it's worth, I'm going to ask the Composer to give us another break.
[they did it once!! maybe they can do it again!! all he can do is ask]
no subject
[which. he hates to admit, because it makes it sound like he's reducing actual lives to nothing but pros and cons. but hey, that's neither here nor there. he has to live with his own choices, doesn't he?]
[and he nods]
Yeah. Maybe. Now that everyone knows, I guess that's something we can talk about in public before we're forced to make our choice.
[. . .]
But for what it's worth, I'm going to ask the Composer to give us another break.
[they did it once!! maybe they can do it again!! all he can do is ask]