[ He isn't, no. And Wash recognizes that immediately, because damn if that doesn't sound familiar. ]
Yeah. [ Heavily. ] There isn't.
[ A quiet, there. A sound that's a bit of a laugh, if obviously pained. ]
The problem is that they'd likely forgive us, anyway, isn't it?
[ He knows they would. Oh, Evelyn would give him shit for running off to war like every other soldier boy, Mia might even hit him. Erin wouldn't. But in the end, no matter how little he deserves it. He thinks they would forgive him. And that just means, all the more, that he can't possibly go back. ]
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Yeah. [ Heavily. ] There isn't.
[ A quiet, there. A sound that's a bit of a laugh, if obviously pained. ]
The problem is that they'd likely forgive us, anyway, isn't it?
[ He knows they would. Oh, Evelyn would give him shit for running off to war like every other soldier boy, Mia might even hit him. Erin wouldn't. But in the end, no matter how little he deserves it. He thinks they would forgive him. And that just means, all the more, that he can't possibly go back. ]