Hawke was sitting in Malum the whole time because he refused to be too far away in case the worst did happen. I'm not sure what exactly we were thinking might happen, but I suspect it had something to do with Justice suddenly losing himself. I didn't have enough faith in him to argue otherwise.
[He went silent again, watching the water ripple with their movements. Then:]
Someday, I know he'll ask me if I think the result was worth the pain and the sacrifice, his and mine and all those innocent people caught in between. I know he will because people too far from the issue to have any real context for the question have asked it. Wolfe asked it. Everyone asks. He will too.
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That's certainly true.
Hawke was sitting in Malum the whole time because he refused to be too far away in case the worst did happen. I'm not sure what exactly we were thinking might happen, but I suspect it had something to do with Justice suddenly losing himself. I didn't have enough faith in him to argue otherwise.
[He went silent again, watching the water ripple with their movements. Then:]
Someday, I know he'll ask me if I think the result was worth the pain and the sacrifice, his and mine and all those innocent people caught in between. I know he will because people too far from the issue to have any real context for the question have asked it. Wolfe asked it. Everyone asks. He will too.
I wonder what he'll think when I say yes.