[He just doesn't want to end up emotionally involved if the other dies!!! That would mean he is still alive and still stuck!!!]

Typically we tend to have to play by their rules, though it's usually a forced compulsion than actual willingness. Nice to know we're at least given an option as to doing these things. [He recalls the way he had acted back during New Years. Of course, he didn't really mind, but he remembers people getting rather violent as soon as it had hit the New Years.]

The issue therein is that there will be a loser in this game.