Miss Sigrun's the same way. I brought her back to her room, but... she was up in the workshop, and she'd been crying. I'm not surprised, but it's still... [ ...not something that he'd been prepared for.

It's not something he's sure he'd ever be prepared for. ]

It's something that had to be done. They know that. [ Even if it hurts and it sucks, for them. ] ...I don't feel guilty. I don't know if that's because I'm a little messed up [ he can't say he's not ] but... I'm mostly just mad. Or I was mad, I guess.

[ He's just... tired, now. Being mad is exhausting. He can be mad again tomorrow, but it's sort of hard to be with books around and with the night settling in. ]