[ sweats and replies ]

... I would've done, but... y'know. You told me how much losing him would break you if you went through it again.

[ it's not like... a heroic thing to have done. not shooting a guy. even though it would've been easy -- so easy, worryingly easy, now he thinks about it. to kill a fake person for a fake person that mattered more to him.

he doesn't like that. ]

I'm not sure that deserves a thank you.