"If we're talking about going to Haven by choice," Octavia said, straightening up further, her voice taking on that mild-but-definite tone she sometimes got, "then I need it to be an actual choice, not some blindly panicked flail."
Or Duke choosing to act because he was tired, like they weren't all tired.
Re: The bloodening and the decision
Or Duke choosing to act because he was tired, like they weren't all tired.