[It sounds so ridiculous and yet it also doesn't.]
To pay penance.
[Of course. Of course. Maybe Carter is an angel after all, or perhaps one is using the guise of Carter to make it all easier.
He's not insulted by the insinuation that he's a bad person, that he can't move on until he fixes things. He should expect nothing less, even if things are better than they were.
Well, who is he to say no to redemption?]
You...have made the decision for me already?
[Can he move? Can he get up? He tries, gingerly, unsure, expecting to not be able to.]
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To pay penance.
[Of course. Of course. Maybe Carter is an angel after all, or perhaps one is using the guise of Carter to make it all easier.
He's not insulted by the insinuation that he's a bad person, that he can't move on until he fixes things. He should expect nothing less, even if things are better than they were.
Well, who is he to say no to redemption?]
You...have made the decision for me already?
[Can he move? Can he get up? He tries, gingerly, unsure, expecting to not be able to.]