[He wants to say no. After everything, he just... god, he wants to get up and walk to his room, close the door and build another blanket mountain and hide forever. He wants to spell away the memories and the nightmares and let it all fade away.
Magic... doesn't work like that.
And it's not fair to Teddy, either... he told me how he felt. He did that for a reason.
He doesn't get it, another part of his mind warns, rebelling, and he resents himself for thinking it. He wasn't there. He didn't see everything.
He saw enough.]
...I didn't... join the fighting, at first. I thought- I figured I'd just get in the way, I wasn't used to combat anymore... I'd just get someone else in trouble. So I hung back with the medics... healed who I could, carried the injured... basically what you said. There were a lot of people who didn't make it, but I... I thought I could help the most staying there. It was all I could handle...
[Action, May 30th]
Magic... doesn't work like that.
And it's not fair to Teddy, either... he told me how he felt. He did that for a reason.
He doesn't get it, another part of his mind warns, rebelling, and he resents himself for thinking it. He wasn't there. He didn't see everything.
He saw enough.]
...I didn't... join the fighting, at first. I thought- I figured I'd just get in the way, I wasn't used to combat anymore... I'd just get someone else in trouble. So I hung back with the medics... healed who I could, carried the injured... basically what you said. There were a lot of people who didn't make it, but I... I thought I could help the most staying there. It was all I could handle...