[It's been 12 years since then - but it doesn't feel like it. It's the oldest memory that's been dragged back up to the surface, but it's always been one of his clearest.
Taking a life is hard to forget, least up until you get used to it. But that's - that's not something you should be getting used to. But here he is, and here they are, in the vaguely shaped memory of a desert.]
I did.
[He rolls his shoulders, tapping his fingers against his wrist.
He wasn't supposed to have killed anyone, that day. But he did, and the boss was proud of him.]
Better for him that he didn't survive, as I don't reckon he could've afforded to replace that eye.
[The admiration sticks to him funny, pushes him off balance. That sort of awe...
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Taking a life is hard to forget, least up until you get used to it. But that's - that's not something you should be getting used to. But here he is, and here they are, in the vaguely shaped memory of a desert.]
I did.
[He rolls his shoulders, tapping his fingers against his wrist.
He wasn't supposed to have killed anyone, that day. But he did, and the boss was proud of him.]
Better for him that he didn't survive, as I don't reckon he could've afforded to replace that eye.
[The admiration sticks to him funny, pushes him off balance. That sort of awe...
It's not really typical, is it? It's abnormal.]