[She's in a state he's never seen her in before. Gone is the poised, elegant woman he knows, replaced by someone who clearly has gone through a personal level of hell that she's only barely crawling out of. He can't exactly blame her for that. This place seems primed to put them all through the wringer whether they like it or not.]
[He keeps his voice calm (he's too good at being calm, despite the existence of a side that is so clearly not).]
I know you did. [It was a necessary evil. It was a sacrifice to ensure their survival. He would do the same exact thing easily, if in her place.] But now, at the very least, we have information. We can start to ensure that things like this won't happen again. We have to.
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[She's in a state he's never seen her in before. Gone is the poised, elegant woman he knows, replaced by someone who clearly has gone through a personal level of hell that she's only barely crawling out of. He can't exactly blame her for that. This place seems primed to put them all through the wringer whether they like it or not.]
[He keeps his voice calm (he's too good at being calm, despite the existence of a side that is so clearly not).]
I know you did. [It was a necessary evil. It was a sacrifice to ensure their survival. He would do the same exact thing easily, if in her place.] But now, at the very least, we have information. We can start to ensure that things like this won't happen again. We have to.
[A pause.]
No more innocent people deserve to die like this.