rocketpig on 10 December 2009
It made sense to me. They had limited rounds of ammunition, were in the middle of nowhere, and had seen the bug-thingies not too long previous to that point. After all they had seen over the past day, it wasn't unreasonable for them to completely abandon hope, IMO. After holding out hope for survival all that time, I thought it was fitting to see them let go of it precisely five minutes before they should have.
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