[ there doesn't seem to be the skip of a lie or exaggeration in the mix. what he says, to him, is candid disclosure, rounded in earnestness. ]
. . . That doesn't justify a thing and it doesn't make me a hero. [ he seems to resent that word, tied to this, and him. "hero". what he did was never to be heroic. it was painful and upsetting and there was the chance that he and viktor would never recover from it. ] But I made my decision. She told you her side. I'm telling you mine.
[ he seems to imply that he won't judge her for whatever opinion she has of him, now. ]
no subject
[ there doesn't seem to be the skip of a lie or exaggeration in the mix. what he says, to him, is candid disclosure, rounded in earnestness. ]
. . . That doesn't justify a thing and it doesn't make me a hero. [ he seems to resent that word, tied to this, and him. "hero". what he did was never to be heroic. it was painful and upsetting and there was the chance that he and viktor would never recover from it. ] But I made my decision. She told you her side. I'm telling you mine.
[ he seems to imply that he won't judge her for whatever opinion she has of him, now. ]