satisficing | throné catchall

[she frowns, and is quiet for a couple of seconds, and then:]

I just want you to live. [that's all.]

[He offers he a genuine smile even if it's small.]

I know. I want to live, too. Of course.

[What dying person doesn't want to live!!]

... Then yes. Progress.

[freedom, for both of them, from whatever it is that's dragging them down.]