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[For a second, Bellamy hesitates. Then he lets out a quiet, frustrated noise, reaching out to snag Murphy's shoulder.]

You don't have to leave, Murphy.

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[ That genuinely surprises him. Murphy stops and glances back to Bellamy. ]

Do you want me to stay?

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[It isn't an instant response. He's quiet as he mulls it over, brows furrowed. He's still frustrated, yes, but he gets why both Murphy and Clarke did what they did. He'll get over it.]

Yeah, I do.

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[ Well, then. Murphy turns back to face him. ]

You can cry on my shoulder if you want. You've done it like a hundred times.

[ He's joking. Or is he? Who can say. ]

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[He scoffs, but it gets his lips to quirk up, at least a little.]

Yeah? And how many times have you cried on mine?

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After Emori broke up with me? A thousand, at least.

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She broke up with you?

[Ouch.]

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While we were on the Ring, yeah. Actually, you were the only one who was talking to me for a while there. I sort of got exiled.

[ He gives a light shrug. ]

Don't worry. We worked it all out now.

[ Except for the buried resentment that led to her stabbing him! Which he will just not think about. ]

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[Uh-huh. This definitely seems like the whole story.]

Why would we exile you when there were only seven of us up there?

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Because I was a waste of oxygen and algae.

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You'd still be wasting oxygen on the other side of the ring.

[Translation: He doesn't buy it.]

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They probably would've floated me if you weren't there to stop them.

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I thought I brought Echo along to lighten the load if we had to.

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Oh, is that why.

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What's that supposed to mean?

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I mean, you two shacked up for a couple years toward the end. Was that not the plan all along?

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[After everything Bellamy's heard in the last twenty-four hours, this shouldn't even phase him, but nope. His face is pure shock.]

We what?

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Don't ask me for the details. I didn't watch.

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Thanks for the privacy.

[That couldn't be more sarcastic if he tried.]

Anything else I missed? Did you and Harper get married while I wasn't looking?

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Monty would've poisoned me a second time if I tried it.

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What'd you do to deserve it the first time?

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He said it was an accident, but you know Monty. The shadiest among us.

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Yeah, that definitely sounds like Monty. [More sarcasm.] How much were you complaining?

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Only constantly.

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Then you deserved it.