He recognizes the difficulty of the situation--he's thought, and thought, and thought over what he could have done, if he'd obeyed his instinct to come running (and the day would yet come, he's sure, when he would)--but he would still have done something.
You say it's impossible and I'm the one who's supposed to protect him, who hasn't sight or venom either?
--But he doesn't say that. It's self-pitying and would give too much to someone he still--despite his own fury--rather weren't an enemy and nevertheless is.]
I think, [slowly,] if it had been anyone but Linden you'd've found a way around those impossibilities.
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He recognizes the difficulty of the situation--he's thought, and thought, and thought over what he could have done, if he'd obeyed his instinct to come running (and the day would yet come, he's sure, when he would)--but he would still have done something.
You say it's impossible and I'm the one who's supposed to protect him, who hasn't sight or venom either?
--But he doesn't say that. It's self-pitying and would give too much to someone he still--despite his own fury--rather weren't an enemy and nevertheless is.]
I think, [slowly,] if it had been anyone but Linden you'd've found a way around those impossibilities.