conversations.from: human
conversations.value:  “I don’t really like repeating myself… Perhaps I should cut off a nose to help you understand?” Lana wore the same easygoing smile she always did as she said those disquieting words. She moved the knife closer to May’s face, making the girl stiffen.
conversations.prefix: Lana:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value:  “Well? What’ll it be?” She said, pushing me to make a decision as she flaunted the knife.
conversations.prefix: Lana:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value:  I had to kill Claire to save May and Aleah. If I didn’t kill Claire, I couldn’t save May and Aleah. Claire or my children. An impossible choice. The worst-case scenario I had envisioned shortly after the pope’s attempted assassination had come to life.
conversations.prefix: Rae:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value:  “I refuse.”
conversations.prefix: Rae:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value:  “What?”
conversations.prefix: Lana:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value:  “I said I refuse, Lana.” A resounding no.
conversations.prefix: Rae:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value:  “H-hah! Figures your lover’s life would be more precious! Of course! That’s all children amount to for parents!”
conversations.prefix: Lana:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value:  “You’re wrong, Lana. We’re saving the twins, no matter what. But sacrificing ourselves isn’t the way.”
conversations.prefix: Rae:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value:  “There will be no negotiations until our children’s safety is guaranteed.”
conversations.prefix: Claire:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value:  We stood our ground, following Dole’s teaching. The first thing we had to do was ensure that Lana wasn’t the one in control. I had long racked my brain about this impossible choice and concluded the best option was neither of the two options presented, but a third: To be greedy and protect both Claire and my children. Who said I had only two choices in the first place?
conversations.prefix: Rae:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value:  “Oh, really?” Lana asked threateningly, dissatisfied with our answer and expression becoming villainous. “I guess you don’t care if I—”
conversations.prefix: Lana:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value:  “If you so much as scratch the twins, I’ll turn you to ash right where you stand.” Claire interrupted coldly.
conversations.prefix: Claire:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value:  “Ngh.”
conversations.prefix: Lana:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value:  Of course, we didn’t want our daughters to be hurt, but we could at least hold Lana in check by threatening her life. I couldn’t be sure, but I suspected she hadn’t realized our trump card was already on site. We’d had the upper hand in this negotiation from the start.
conversations.prefix: Rae:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value:  “Well, I don’t really value my life, so—whatever!”
conversations.prefix: Lana:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value:  “If it’s for Papa’s sake, I don’t—”
conversations.prefix: Lana:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value:  “By Papa, do you mean Salas?”
conversations.prefix: Rae:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value:  “That’s right! Papa said if I dispose of you, he’ll love me and me alone!”
conversations.prefix: Lana:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value:  “Lana…” She smiled, but something about it felt hollow. Even her gaze, full of joy, was somehow empty and vacant.
conversations.prefix: Rae:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value:  “Mama Rae, Mama Claire, please help Lana."
conversations.prefix: May:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value:  “She has something bad in her.”
conversations.prefix: Aleah:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value:  The twins showed concern for Lana even after what she’d done to them. They believed she wasn’t herself and that the nice girl who occasionally played with them was the real Lana.
conversations.prefix: Rae:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value:  “Of course we will, dears.”
conversations.prefix: Claire:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value:  “Leave it to us.”
conversations.prefix: Rae:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value:  “Shut up!” Lana suddenly shrieked. She had been acting strange for a while now. I was worried she might hurt the twins in her agitation; perhaps it would be best to tread lightly from here on out.
conversations.prefix: Lana: