[She, too, lets her eyes rest on the fish as they swim around for the tasty morsels. He said he had nothing to go back to at home, right? Did he burn so many bridges?]
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It's hard to live with, but we have to take responsibility for what we've done. We have to do what we can to make up for it, and if there's nothing to be done, we have to accept the judgement and the punishment.
[That's her ancestor's conviction, and now hers. Hopefully, it sounds less heavy to Russell than it feels to her - after all, how bad can the deeds of a young boy like him be, compared to 2000 years of cruelty?]
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It's hard to live with, but we have to take responsibility for what we've done. We have to do what we can to make up for it, and if there's nothing to be done, we have to accept the judgement and the punishment.
[That's her ancestor's conviction, and now hers. Hopefully, it sounds less heavy to Russell than it feels to her - after all, how bad can the deeds of a young boy like him be, compared to 2000 years of cruelty?]