Some of the others needed more care, more structure. Bossie needed it more than most.
I give orders but I took a chance on him. Pope wasn't sure about him at first. He was real green. Got nervous around people.
But he survived. Lot of the other kids I trained didn't. I made him a good fighter. He just
He gets nervous.
[ Pope always hated that. Maybe it was always going to come to a head the moment Carver wasn't fast enough to get between them. He froze in front of the bonfire. He froze and what happened next was his fault. ]
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[ There's an uneasy pause. ]
Brittle. Sometimes. We looked after him.
Some of the others needed more care, more structure. Bossie needed it more than most.
I give orders but I took a chance on him. Pope wasn't sure about him at first. He was real green. Got nervous around people.
But he survived. Lot of the other kids I trained didn't. I made him a good fighter. He just
He gets nervous.
[ Pope always hated that. Maybe it was always going to come to a head the moment Carver wasn't fast enough to get between them. He froze in front of the bonfire. He froze and what happened next was his fault. ]