It happens when people put their own interests first - or let their decisions be clouded by their prejudice, their fears... Hearts are a tricky thing and people let them get in the way of their thinking, which then makes things not go as smoothly as they should.
[Anyways.]
I'm not sure I'd accept a betrayal so easily, but I don't really care about the outcome of this. We'll get out of here, or we won't.
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[ there's a twinkle in his eyes there for a second, though it disappears quickly as flat looks away with a sheepish smile. ]
Well, that's no good. I really don't have any reason to betray them right now. If they want to betray us, then I'd accept that, too.
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[Anyways.]
I'm not sure I'd accept a betrayal so easily, but I don't really care about the outcome of this. We'll get out of here, or we won't.
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[ flat laughs, shrugging it off. ]
No, we absolutely will leave. Even if all of us simply sat down and took every hit, I think she would just make us forfeit or something like that.
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[Hmm.]
Forfeiting sounds even worse than playing along, so let's not do that.