"No. And beyond that...I think he truly does love Mr. Pleasant. I think if there was any other way to get through that, he would have found it, and spared not just us but himself all of that."
It's simple, straightforward logic. If one assumes the Captain is primarily driven by his own desires, then putting himself through that stress and grief wasn't optional. And yet he knew his hand would hesitate, so he bound it instead.
"It's far more complicated than good or evil, being a bad person or a nice person. There's so much information that we're still lacking, even though I know what the binder holds now." SecUnit's to thank for that.
"...Yeah. The folks that helped me, they were big on the idea that there's no 'good people' or 'bad people', that you can't just sort people neatly. I had...have...feelings about that, because it sure is convenient for me personally to think that way, isn't it? But it's also not my idea."
There's a long pause.
Then: "...Ylva said something different. That she thinks I'm a good person who did bad things. Dunno how to handle that either, but. God, no, that's a digression, we're talkin' the big man."
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It's simple, straightforward logic. If one assumes the Captain is primarily driven by his own desires, then putting himself through that stress and grief wasn't optional. And yet he knew his hand would hesitate, so he bound it instead.
"It's far more complicated than good or evil, being a bad person or a nice person. There's so much information that we're still lacking, even though I know what the binder holds now." SecUnit's to thank for that.
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There's a long pause.
Then: "...Ylva said something different. That she thinks I'm a good person who did bad things. Dunno how to handle that either, but. God, no, that's a digression, we're talkin' the big man."