[ Carver nods just once. Accepts that. Life isn't fair. Gods aren't people. This, he knew.
But: ]
If someone was bit, could you help them?
[ Matthew was bit, his traitorous mind supplies, and Carver puts that thought away into a little box. But - if this is about regrets, and fixing shit, maybe this is how he does it. Maybe this is how God with the capital G intended it all along. We have the tools to save ourselves, son, Pope murmurs in his ear. Didn't I teach you that? ]
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But: ]
If someone was bit, could you help them?
[ Matthew was bit, his traitorous mind supplies, and Carver puts that thought away into a little box. But - if this is about regrets, and fixing shit, maybe this is how he does it. Maybe this is how God with the capital G intended it all along. We have the tools to save ourselves, son, Pope murmurs in his ear. Didn't I teach you that? ]