[The words are flat. Toneless. The physical impact of the realization is beyond palpable, and if he could possibly manage it, he'd push through the wall of his resignation, where he's relatively certain that a genuine emotional reaction besides paranoia performed by exhausted rote exists.]
[He's just...]
[Trying to process this. All of it at once.]
I didn't...did you know him, or...?
[Did you know him? Did you love him? Was he worth it? Was he worth defecting for?]
no subject
[The words are flat. Toneless. The physical impact of the realization is beyond palpable, and if he could possibly manage it, he'd push through the wall of his resignation, where he's relatively certain that a genuine emotional reaction besides paranoia performed by exhausted rote exists.]
[He's just...]
[Trying to process this. All of it at once.]
I didn't...did you know him, or...?
[Did you know him? Did you love him? Was he worth it? Was he worth defecting for?]