Unfortunately so, we are. [ Some people just have to be stopped, no matter the cost. Sometimes that means doing something utterly unpleasant, other times they may pay with their very lives. Steve did. And quite frankly, if he could have that choice, he'd have killed himself every single time, rather than hurt anyone just to silence them. Even if, in his case, they were with the enemy forces, that didn't change the fact that they had lives —wives, children, fiancées, families— waiting for them to go home after the war.
His gaze drops, before turning reluctantly to Cassian. ] It did, yes. Shortly after I left. So... I'm glad it was worth something. All that fighting and suffering.
[ So many dead, so many maimed and scarred for life, inside and out. Damage that most people wouldn't be able to recover from, not in a lifetime. Even Steve himself struggles with it— and with his right to a peaceful life, to a second chance. He still feels as though he doesn't really deserve it. ]
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His gaze drops, before turning reluctantly to Cassian. ] It did, yes. Shortly after I left. So... I'm glad it was worth something. All that fighting and suffering.
[ So many dead, so many maimed and scarred for life, inside and out. Damage that most people wouldn't be able to recover from, not in a lifetime. Even Steve himself struggles with it— and with his right to a peaceful life, to a second chance. He still feels as though he doesn't really deserve it. ]