<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#99ff99">Echo shook her thoughts off and turned to Bellamy when she heard his voice. A smile came to her lips as he dropped into a chair beside her at the table. "Hey.. And yeah, I couldn't sleep. I've just had a lot on my mind, and now even more after Clarke and I talked this morning. I'm fine.. concerned, I guess. Worried. That I might turn back into <br/>
the person that I was, the last time we were back here on earth. I know that time has passed, and I've changed a little, but I just don't know if that's enough." She paused to gather her thoughts.<br/>
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"You and I have known each other since Mount Weather," She said softly. "And over the years we've had a strange dynamic, I'll admit. But when things changed between us while we were on the ring.." The brunette sighed and pushed some hair out of her face as she continued to speak and tried to say what she needed to say. </span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:rgb(153, 255, 153)">"I did something this morning with Clarke, that I've never done with anyone else. Not even with Roan. I told Clarke a little about my past. Things I never told Roan, or Nia, or anyone else. I told <br/>
her because she needed to know that I'm not a threat to her kids."<br/>
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"And yeah, Madi might not be Clarke's daughter biologically, but they're family. Blood is important, but it isn't everything. And she considers Madi to be her daughter. With<br/>
all of that said, I told Clarke about my family. I had a husband and daughter when I was in Mount Weather. They were used for their bone marrow and then slaughtered like animals when it turned out it wouldn't help protect those monsters. I had to watch for 4 days as my family was tortured and killed. So, I know what it's like to want to move heaven, hell, and earth for your family."<br/>
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Echo paused for a moment and then said, "I know you said that you and Clarke only slept together once. But, I think that the two of you have more feelings for each other <br/>
than you're willing to admit. You and I have gotten close over the last six years. And though you never came right out and said that you had feelings for Clarke, I think you <br/>
do. When we were on the ring, you told me about Mount Weather, you told me about her leaving and then coming back. You told me about all kinds of times that both of you have been there for each other."<br/>
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"And how when you were both apart, it was like you were struggling to breathe, and when you were reunited, it was like something was moved off your chest and you could breathe again. Look, I know that the two of you are good friends, possibly even best friends. But, I think it's more than that. And as someone who lost all of her family, I think you owe it to yourself, Clarke, and your son to figure out if the feelings that both of you have for each other are romantic or platonic."</span><br/>
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<span class="fixed-color" style="color:#99ff99"><span style="font-size: 15px">Raven sighed softly, and looked down at her hands for several moments, before looking back up at Bradley, after he had spoken. "We've lost more than enough people as it is over the years. Wells, Atom, Charlotte, Jasper, Brian, Finn,  and so many more. I'm tired of losing people - friends - that I care about, in some stupid never ending war. We have been fighting for peace, we have been fighting to live, since we got here the first time. We need to find a better way. Maybe I could talk to the people in charge of them, they'll listen and we can come to some sort of agreement."<br/>
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"I'm not afraid to die," She said softly. "I'm afraid that we're never going to get to live. Truly live. As for Clarke, I can understand where she's coming from. She's been fighting for years, and it was worse when it was just her and those kids, and she's having trouble trusting anyone, even all of us, and we're her friends. But, I feel like Bellamy could get through to her. </span></span><span class="fixed-color" style="color:rgb(153, 255, 153)"><span style="font-size: 15px">They've always had a weird relationship. One moment they're antagonizing each other, and the next, they're helping or defending or rescuing each other."<br/>
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"And now we all know that they went there, slept together, and share a son. She's got to trust him more than anyone else if she was willing to let her guard down enough for them to sleep together. Sure, Echo might be an issue, but I can keep her busy to give Bellamy time to get through to Clarke. And besides, I think that Echo might understand. Perhaps more than any of the rest of us." She stopped talking and listened as he spoke, and then nodded and resumed speaking. Maybe we can come up with a compromise."<br/>
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"I know these people are dangerous, but so are all of us. I just.. I think we can do better, and I think we should at least try. I'd rather try and have a massacre be avoided, than have it happen because I was too much of a chicken shit to try and work things out."</span></span></span>