Nah, bro. Don't be sorry for trying to end things peacefully. You couldn't have known.
[No one outside a handful of people could've known.]
I should've been faster. Hell, I... I saw them way before that, but I let them get away, I just let them--
...Anyway. It... was that thing's fault.
[Just that thing. Not Tempus' fault. Not the kid's fault either. Definitely partially his own fault, since he should've known better. But it's that curse that takes most of the blame.]
They were, uh... really... determined. Took me... Took me a while to get rid of 'em.
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Date: 2015-12-29 12:44 pm (UTC)[No one outside a handful of people could've known.]
I should've been faster. Hell, I... I saw them way before that, but I let them get away, I just let them--
...Anyway. It... was that thing's fault.
[Just that thing. Not Tempus' fault. Not the kid's fault either. Definitely partially his own fault, since he should've known better. But it's that curse that takes most of the blame.]
They were, uh... really... determined. Took me... Took me a while to get rid of 'em.