I am, [ he agrees softly, because the commander said as much after that test and all the ones that followed. Because otherwise he would have died a thousand times over, in Korengal and back after the hungry dead came for them, a thousand times in a thousand horrible ways except that he didn't. Pope made him strong enough to survive, to protect their little family. ] We all were. Praise God.
[ Devotion is never easy. It requires sacrifice, and pain, and all the degradation of their ugly, brutal world. But it comes with clarity and Carver doesn't allow himself to doubt the exchange. ]
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[ Devotion is never easy. It requires sacrifice, and pain, and all the degradation of their ugly, brutal world. But it comes with clarity and Carver doesn't allow himself to doubt the exchange. ]