>>5896772Etsy shyly asks for after morning pills and even more quietly for regular contraceptive pills, but instead of the expected teasing from sawyer, she frowns.
You've seen her pout, but you don't think you've ever seen her make this face before, she doesn't look mad, just...sad? Dissapointed? Your body read sure could've come in handy right now.
"Are you sure?" Sawyer asks. "I know it's hard to take care of a child but..."
"H-huh? J-just give-"
"If you're worried about the pregnancy cycle, it's not as bad as people make it up to be, giving birth is also relatively painless thanks to anesthetics."
You both stare at Sawyer a little dumbfounded, this is kind of a massive character shift from the bubbly, happy girl she usually is.
"I mean- I don't know, I can't exactly deal with a kid right now, it's not like I'm actually killing anything, it isn't a...fetus or something."
This is getting awkward.
"It's not about if he's alive or not, it's about the opportunity to live. You're denying him the right to exist in the future."
"H-huh? That's- by that logic, me not banging every guy I see is denying some kid the right to exist."
"Yes."
Etsy doesn't know how to answer. You've heard of natalism, but you don't think you've seen it taken to its logical extreme like this.
"Every day, every choice you make, you affect billions of lives, and you treat it as a given. A power you not only do not deserve, but one you wield like tyrants. I usually do not mind the wasted potential, because it is something you are all blind to. But this? You can see it staring at you in the face, a life changing decision that will culminate in so much more- perhaps raising him will be hard, perhas it won't be the best childhood, but-"
Sawyer's voice cracks, you realize she hasn't blinked a single time during this conversation, and you can see a color you've never seen before in her eyes.
Eventually, she closes her eyes, and goes back to her usual smile. "No, you're right, I'm sorry. This isn't my choice, besides, you were never impregnated in the first place. It was a safe day, after all."
There are patterns floating around her, they are so vivid, it's almost as if you could touch them.
Magical Pattern Recognition (Sawyer): Opportunity, Life, Powerless.
>Take what you came for and leave for work, this is getting weird.>Stay to speak with Sawyer, there's something else to this.>She might be dangerous, it's better to come back to etsy's place before choosing our next course of action.>Write in. 