[This...is so, so far beyond his level. Infanticides still occur all the time in the backcountry of his planet and it still doesn't feel like this. Kids having to kill each other. Worst of all, kids willing to kill each other. He can't even imagine what Cordelia would do with this girl, besides recommend a good therapist on Beta Colony. No, he knows when he's out of his league.]
What would you have done if you hadn't?
[It's a question he asks himself all the time, and he knows exactly how irrelevant it is. But at least the asking of the question gave him a semblance of self-identity.]
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What would you have done if you hadn't?
[It's a question he asks himself all the time, and he knows exactly how irrelevant it is. But at least the asking of the question gave him a semblance of self-identity.]