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Desperation can cloud even the sharpest of minds. Even mine.
[ Truthfully, would it have made much of a difference had he known who Nero was at the time? Maybe, maybe not. Human lives have never interested him before. But perhaps he would have stopped to wonder why his sword had been in the boy's arm. Perhaps there might have been another way to retrieve it.
Would have, could have. The fact remains: what's done is done. ]
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Desperation can cloud even the sharpest of minds. Even mine.
[ Truthfully, would it have made much of a difference had he known who Nero was at the time? Maybe, maybe not. Human lives have never interested him before. But perhaps he would have stopped to wonder why his sword had been in the boy's arm. Perhaps there might have been another way to retrieve it.
Would have, could have. The fact remains: what's done is done. ]