[ Maybe not a comfort, Carver thinks, but a promise. Not many people get clean deaths, even if they've earned them. Quick deaths are the closest anyone can get to mercy in this life. He prays that most of his brothers and sisters died quickly, that they didn't linger in their pain. He prays that Pope went quickly when Dixon turned on all of them, but he doesn't know.
Sometimes, he wondered if Matthew suffered. He's never been able to ask Leah.
He tilts his head to the other side, watching Harold very close. ]
You're not afraid of me, [ Carver observes softly. That might change if Carver drew a knife, but he doesn't want to right now. ] I'll inform you if that changes, sir.
cw: death of a child
Sometimes, he wondered if Matthew suffered. He's never been able to ask Leah.
He tilts his head to the other side, watching Harold very close. ]
You're not afraid of me, [ Carver observes softly. That might change if Carver drew a knife, but he doesn't want to right now. ] I'll inform you if that changes, sir.