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I have to! [ Gilbert snaps this at Elliot even though he doesn't mean to, so frayed, so frazzled, so utterly fried with emotion. He's close, close to reaching for Raven just to get the fuck out of here— But he knows Elliot wouldn't survive if anything happened to him because of it. Wouldn't survive thinking the Headhunter had followed them here, wouldn't survive alone. He swallows hard, the dryness in his throat like broken glass. ]

I have to— You're all I have left. Don't you understand? I can't lose you again—