"Yeah," it comes out flat, low. An echo of the word itself, heard without the delivery of the actual word.
"Yeah." The word, stronger, arriving after its echo.
"I did that. I--" He stops, clamping his mouth shut, his jaw working tightly for a moment, continues even more forcefully. "I didn't save the world. But I was there when it was made."
Pause.
"I was there when it ended, too. The first time. And I was there after." Another pause. "Different mes. But I was there when it was made, new. I died for that, and I think I was... excited, to get what I believed at the time was more than I'd ever hoped for, even after waiting my entire life--entire lives. At the time, I wasn't sure I really deserved it. But I was still there for a reason."
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"Yeah." The word, stronger, arriving after its echo.
"I did that. I--" He stops, clamping his mouth shut, his jaw working tightly for a moment, continues even more forcefully. "I didn't save the world. But I was there when it was made."
Pause.
"I was there when it ended, too. The first time. And I was there after." Another pause. "Different mes. But I was there when it was made, new. I died for that, and I think I was... excited, to get what I believed at the time was more than I'd ever hoped for, even after waiting my entire life--entire lives. At the time, I wasn't sure I really deserved it. But I was still there for a reason."