[ A shaky breath. Alex nods and approaches the closer of the two, Tod. ]
I hate you. I hate you- y'didn't save my brother...and y'didn't save me. I HATE you!
[ Alex closes his eyes and feels his entire self shake. There's part of him that wonders if, when he was dying, Tod did blame him. Part of him wonders what his last thoughts were, if they were turned to his brother, or his parents, or Alex himself. He wonders...if in that, he had any idea just what was coming for him. If part of him was glad it was happening.
But, Alex will never know. Can never know. It's not his to understand. ]
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I hate you. I hate you- y'didn't save my brother...and y'didn't save me. I HATE you!
[ Alex closes his eyes and feels his entire self shake. There's part of him that wonders if, when he was dying, Tod did blame him. Part of him wonders what his last thoughts were, if they were turned to his brother, or his parents, or Alex himself. He wonders...if in that, he had any idea just what was coming for him. If part of him was glad it was happening.
But, Alex will never know. Can never know. It's not his to understand. ]
...I know, buddy. See you later.
[ He lights the corpse on fire, and it screams. ]