"I will never be thankful for the death of a friend."
Billy straightened his shoulders, murming his next few words.
"She knew very well what she was doing, as she had demonstrated in the past. Given a few more seconds, she would have deactivated it and survived. She died because I activated the shield disabler too soon, causing Shiva to hit the switch."
And that hurt like hell. Tears burned his eyes as he raised his voice, one of the rarest sorts of occasions in his life. "If her life was as worthless as you say, this wouldn't hurt at all! Cassie Lang had a heart of gold. She knew what it meant to be a hero, perhaps better than most of us. Her laugh, her smile...working with her was a joy, which is something I can assure you that will never be true for you!"
They couldn't stay in this space like this. One of them had to go, but he sure couldn't leave the room without calling someone else to watch her. And did he really want to subject them to that?
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Billy straightened his shoulders, murming his next few words.
"She knew very well what she was doing, as she had demonstrated in the past. Given a few more seconds, she would have deactivated it and survived. She died because I activated the shield disabler too soon, causing Shiva to hit the switch."
And that hurt like hell. Tears burned his eyes as he raised his voice, one of the rarest sorts of occasions in his life. "If her life was as worthless as you say, this wouldn't hurt at all! Cassie Lang had a heart of gold. She knew what it meant to be a hero, perhaps better than most of us. Her laugh, her smile...working with her was a joy, which is something I can assure you that will never be true for you!"
They couldn't stay in this space like this. One of them had to go, but he sure couldn't leave the room without calling someone else to watch her. And did he really want to subject them to that?