[ we're lucky to have you, she says, and charles' expression very nearly crumbles again — because as many friends as he can say he's made here in aldrip, he still fully believes the people who could say this to him could be counted with one hand, both here and home. because he's, well, he's spent all his life and afterlife hoping he could be good enough, that maybe if he makes people happy then it'll be enough —
he manages a nod, though, because he does get her, and this situation... is quite so specific, really, he can't imagine there are too many others here who would relate.
with a shake sigh, he says, ] Just, puts one old death in perspective, doesn't it?
[ so what happened to him, and what happened to root... horrible as it is that they're both dead, well. how does it compare, in any way, to what shaw and edwin have gone through? it doesn't, that's what. ]
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he manages a nod, though, because he does get her, and this situation... is quite so specific, really, he can't imagine there are too many others here who would relate.
with a shake sigh, he says, ] Just, puts one old death in perspective, doesn't it?
[ so what happened to him, and what happened to root... horrible as it is that they're both dead, well. how does it compare, in any way, to what shaw and edwin have gone through? it doesn't, that's what. ]