I think he could have done a better job of protecting himself. I'm going to have to give him a hard time about it next time I see him.
[Ange is avoiding her gaze, but Ethlyn continues to look at her. There is much about her friend that she doesn't know, she reflects. What she has said about her life before sounds so fantastical that it's hard for Ethlyn to wrap her mind around.
But for all that, there is something about Ange that is so... normal. She's a girl who acts so much older than she is, most of the time, and then there are moments like this. Ethlyn understands that very well.]
You didn't do anything wrong by surviving. If you look for what should have happened or the sense in it... it doesn't work. Aldrip was a battlefield during that week. Things that should happen, things that make sense, don't happen on battlefields.
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[Ange is avoiding her gaze, but Ethlyn continues to look at her. There is much about her friend that she doesn't know, she reflects. What she has said about her life before sounds so fantastical that it's hard for Ethlyn to wrap her mind around.
But for all that, there is something about Ange that is so... normal. She's a girl who acts so much older than she is, most of the time, and then there are moments like this. Ethlyn understands that very well.]
You didn't do anything wrong by surviving. If you look for what should have happened or the sense in it... it doesn't work. Aldrip was a battlefield during that week. Things that should happen, things that make sense, don't happen on battlefields.