"So that's the supposedly 'epic love story' of Romeo and Juliet?"
To say that Eight didn't like the play was probably pretty spot on.
Marina sighs and says, "The epic part is that they would die for each other, they can't stand the thought of not living with the other so much that they kill themselves."
"Yeah, apparently everyone in the play also dies for some reason."
Eight didn't understand why Marina dragged him along to this play anyways. He probably did something wrong and this was the form of punishment, he was just glad it was finally over.
"Eight, I don't think you get the overall message of the play, you are looking at it too literally."
Eight shakes his head and says, "Well do you know what I see when I look at the play literally? I see that six people died because two people fell in love, their love is toxic. It was doomed from the beginning."
Marina says, "Well you want to know what I see? They have an instant connection, they know their love is worth fighting for. They don't think about the consequences because they can only think about each other, their love makes them blind."
Somewhere along the way, one of them had raised their voice, this was turning into a fight.
Eight says, "Exactly their love makes them blind, so blind that they didn't see that they stood absolutely no chance."
Marina asks, "Oh, so now two people who have everything stacked against them can't fall in love?"
Eight was stupid that he didn't think of it earlier. They had everything stacked against them since the beginning of this stupid war, they probably would have even saved more lives if they hadn't been busy worrying about each other. They hadn't given their all in training, too focused on each other, and they were weaker than the others because of it.
Eight grabs Marina's hands in his and says, "I wouldn't change a thing, Marina. I knew that it wasn't likely that we were both going to make it out of this, but I'm glad that we took that risk. People may have gotten hurt, but we don't know what would have happened if we weren't together, and we never will, because I'll always be with you, I promise."