[She doesn't need to say it. He knows. He knows that every death is his fault.]
I... I was wrong. There-- My figures were wrong. [His information had been wrong, his scouts had counted incorrectly. But it was not their fault. It was his own. He had not double-checked the information, had not planned for the worst.
Every man and woman dead had their blood on his hands. He had caused every single death.
And his own wounds weren't bad enough to give him the release of death in battle. He would have to live knowing that he had led them into disaster.]
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[She doesn't need to say it. He knows. He knows that every death is his fault.]
I... I was wrong. There-- My figures were wrong. [His information had been wrong, his scouts had counted incorrectly. But it was not their fault. It was his own. He had not double-checked the information, had not planned for the worst.
Every man and woman dead had their blood on his hands. He had caused every single death.
And his own wounds weren't bad enough to give him the release of death in battle. He would have to live knowing that he had led them into disaster.]
They're all dead. Because they listened to me.