[By now he's pale and red-eyed, and his hair is all messed up, but his voice is steady and his breathing is calm.]
I don't believe Kraken is in danger this round. Maybe it's naive of me, but I don't believe any team will aim at them knowing they'll almost certainly die if they do. It would take us lowering them, Kraken lowering themselves, and a third team lowering them to prevent that . . . and I don't know if I think Kraken will lower themselves. Which would imply that either no one votes to raise them and they're fine, or one team votes to raise them and they may very well hit the top anyway even if we vote for them.
. . . That would suggest that we should use our vote elsewhere. But. If no one touches them at all, they're still at the twelfth floor. That could mean they remain the highest team. In the next round—we'll all be vying to lower ourselves so as not to die. If they don't get help now, it may not come then either. And I can't. I can't allow them to remain there where they are.
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I don't believe Kraken is in danger this round. Maybe it's naive of me, but I don't believe any team will aim at them knowing they'll almost certainly die if they do. It would take us lowering them, Kraken lowering themselves, and a third team lowering them to prevent that . . . and I don't know if I think Kraken will lower themselves. Which would imply that either no one votes to raise them and they're fine, or one team votes to raise them and they may very well hit the top anyway even if we vote for them.
. . . That would suggest that we should use our vote elsewhere. But. If no one touches them at all, they're still at the twelfth floor. That could mean they remain the highest team. In the next round—we'll all be vying to lower ourselves so as not to die. If they don't get help now, it may not come then either. And I can't. I can't allow them to remain there where they are.