[It's surprisingly hard to keep his voice steady when he asks that. He manages, though. That sort of forced calm you pull out when it's clearly Not Okay. But it has to be.]
[That kind he probably should be keeping hold of, instead of this. Because you can bet your ass he's decided there could have been more to do. There could have been a way to prevent this. If he hadn't been so... excited... at the idea of being people again. Of this second chance everyone talked about.]
[Maybe it was a bad idea, after all.]
I... [I don't know what to say, for once. Like the whole situation took the wind out of his sails completely.]
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[It's surprisingly hard to keep his voice steady when he asks that. He manages, though. That sort of forced calm you pull out when it's clearly Not Okay. But it has to be.]
[That kind he probably should be keeping hold of, instead of this. Because you can bet your ass he's decided there could have been more to do. There could have been a way to prevent this. If he hadn't been so... excited... at the idea of being people again. Of this second chance everyone talked about.]
[Maybe it was a bad idea, after all.]
I... [I don't know what to say, for once. Like the whole situation took the wind out of his sails completely.]
If you need... anything. I'll -- I'll be here.