[When Church laughs into his shoulder, North comfortingly rubs his back.]
Definitely not.
[Even though it's half-mumbled into his shoulder, he still hears what the man says. And it hurts, that someone who was just as much a victim of the Project as the rest of them was made to think that he was so worthless.
His hold tightens a little at the mention of his sister, but only a little. He knew she was dead, though Carolina had never told him how (to be fair, he'd never asked, he didn't need to know. He was dead, his sister was dead. At that point, the "how" didn't matter as much). But the thought that there might have been something he could have done to save her, to save Theta. It still hurts.]
We were all soldiers. We knew the risks. She knew the risks, but she did it anyway.
[He draws a deep breath, lets it out in a sigh.]
By the time she acted, the Project was already going off the rails, anyway. We were pitted against each other and torn apart. It wouldn't have saved us, to not try to save y- him.
[...Good catch, North.
His eyes go over to the image of Sigma, but he doesn't say what he thinks: they were all doomed from the moment that Sigma was "born".]
In fact, it gave us a chance to run. It gave me a few more months with Theta, that I wouldn't have had otherwise. So I don't regret helping her, at least.
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Definitely not.
[Even though it's half-mumbled into his shoulder, he still hears what the man says. And it hurts, that someone who was just as much a victim of the Project as the rest of them was made to think that he was so worthless.
His hold tightens a little at the mention of his sister, but only a little. He knew she was dead, though Carolina had never told him how (to be fair, he'd never asked, he didn't need to know. He was dead, his sister was dead. At that point, the "how" didn't matter as much). But the thought that there might have been something he could have done to save her, to save Theta. It still hurts.]
We were all soldiers. We knew the risks. She knew the risks, but she did it anyway.
[He draws a deep breath, lets it out in a sigh.]
By the time she acted, the Project was already going off the rails, anyway. We were pitted against each other and torn apart. It wouldn't have saved us, to not try to save y- him.
[...Good catch, North.
His eyes go over to the image of Sigma, but he doesn't say what he thinks: they were all doomed from the moment that Sigma was "born".]
In fact, it gave us a chance to run. It gave me a few more months with Theta, that I wouldn't have had otherwise. So I don't regret helping her, at least.