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and survive this together. Smiling, Ella said to Eric, “Here, take it”.
Eric saw the card and felt very grateful. He received it and said,
“Thank you”, then moved up to stand next to his sister.
They continued playing for a while until Ella got on another
box with the card symbol. She picked up the card again and it
said: “Tell a secret”. It was unexpected and she took some time,
deciding on what secret to tell, and then spoke up softly, “I used to
date your best friend, Nick”. Eric stared at her with wide eyes.
He opened his mouth, then closed it again. He was not sure if he
should feel happy or angry, so he just answered, “Okay”. Ella was
a little surprised by his answer, but also glad. To make sure, she
asked, “You’re really okay?”. Eric shrugged and found that he was
fine with it, though a little annoyed that she didn’t tell him earlier.
Ella decided that it was good enough that Eric wasn’t angry at her,
so they continued the game.
As they played, Ella got more and more ahead of Eric. Eric
looked down the dark, empty space below him, and started to feel
hopeless. Then it was his turn again. He got on one of the boxes
with the card, and the card said: “Go back to the starting point
(can be used for yourself or your opponent)”. He considered this
for a while, and came to a conclusion. He said, “I’m sorry”, and
handed his sister the card. A part of him told him that this was
wrong, but he comforted himself that his sister was too ahead of
him and they did agree to finish the game together. Ella received
the card, and was shocked that her brother would do this to her,
but she looked on the bright side that Eric was really too behind in
the game, so this had to be done if they were going to finish