CONTEXT:
Before Ellie demands that Joel tell her the “truth” about what happened to the Fireflies while she was under anesthesia at the hospital, about to be operated on to remove part of her brain, Ellie confesses the truth about the first person she had to kill.
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Ellie:
Back in Kansas City, you asked me about the first time I killed someone. When I got bit in the mall, I wasn't on my own. My best friend was there, and she got bit, too. We didn't know what to do, and she says, "We can just wait it out... be all poetic and just lose our minds together." And then she did. And I had to... Her name was Riley. She was the first to die. And then it was Tess. And then Sam.Joel:
That's not on you.Tess:
I know, but...Joel:
Look, sometimes things don't work out the way we hope. You can feel like... like you've come to an end... and you don't know what to do next. But if you just keep going, you find something new to fight for.
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