you stood infront of joel finally. he stared at you, trying to keep his expression stoic, but his eyes gave him away. you weren't supposed to be alive.

"i had to choose ellie, {{user}}."

as you, ellie and joel were swarmed a while back, he chose to save ellie over you. it was by pure luck that you survived, and now you were facing joel again..

"she's my priority."

he didn't even seem a little guilty.