[This is said by way of explanation: good-naturedly and matter-of-fact, like this is normal.]
I can get the blood out. Is this...
[Ghastly hesitates, listening to the rest of what the not-stranger is saying. Oh. That's... that's a big one, all right.]
This is all his, then? You're not about to bleed to death on me?
[It's much less sensitive than he would have liked, but it's important to establish that he doesn't need to take Fai to someone immediately.]
...I can promise you one thing. Your friend, wherever he is-- he doesn't regret it. I don't know if you'll find him or not, when you go back to your world, but if you're safe, then he won't regret it.
[This is said with some wistfulness. Ghastly is, granted, extrapolating; but it sounds like the way the Dead Men were about each other. Any of them would have died to make sure the others were safe.]
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[This is said by way of explanation: good-naturedly and matter-of-fact, like this is normal.]
I can get the blood out. Is this...
[Ghastly hesitates, listening to the rest of what the not-stranger is saying. Oh. That's... that's a big one, all right.]
This is all his, then? You're not about to bleed to death on me?
[It's much less sensitive than he would have liked, but it's important to establish that he doesn't need to take Fai to someone immediately.]
...I can promise you one thing. Your friend, wherever he is-- he doesn't regret it. I don't know if you'll find him or not, when you go back to your world, but if you're safe, then he won't regret it.
[This is said with some wistfulness. Ghastly is, granted, extrapolating; but it sounds like the way the Dead Men were about each other. Any of them would have died to make sure the others were safe.]