[ You have to account for yourself, Carver knows. You have to understand how a mistake was made to avoid doing it again. And that's difficult without correction. Without a test to prove your mettle and your loyalty. Harold's not the commander, but he's due an answer. That much is true. That much is owed.
Things were simpler back home, Carver thinks unhappily. You live or you die and if you live you gotta suffer. Best take it on the chin, son.
Carver feels his fingers twitch, his right hand curling instinctively into a fist. He forces it to relax, to keep his breathing even. He doesn't know what the test will be here, only that there will be one. And that it's probably going to hurt a lot. ]
You talked about saving people, [ Carver says, very softly. ] And for a second, I -
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Things were simpler back home, Carver thinks unhappily. You live or you die and if you live you gotta suffer. Best take it on the chin, son.
Carver feels his fingers twitch, his right hand curling instinctively into a fist. He forces it to relax, to keep his breathing even. He doesn't know what the test will be here, only that there will be one. And that it's probably going to hurt a lot. ]
You talked about saving people, [ Carver says, very softly. ] And for a second, I -
[ He bites it off. ]
I forgot my place.