"I didn't expect you to tell me," he said. "You asked what brought me here. I was curious. And you know I can't lower it."
He'd told Jim they had no right to take this, or any other, man's life. He still believed that. But he would not risk the consequences of showing too much mercy. Without having some reassurance that it was warranted. Even if it suddenly did become his place to say, they were at an impasse.
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Date: 2009-09-02 11:11 pm (UTC)"I didn't expect you to tell me," he said. "You asked what brought me here. I was curious. And you know I can't lower it."
He'd told Jim they had no right to take this, or any other, man's life. He still believed that. But he would not risk the consequences of showing too much mercy. Without having some reassurance that it was warranted. Even if it suddenly did become his place to say, they were at an impasse.