[He says it with a crooked-sad smile. It's not that he has any trouble believing she cares for him - he doesn't do that kind of self-loathing, and calling their friendship an error of judgement on her part would be a disrespect he wouldn't even dream of. But they come from such different places. She's so young. She's fighting for chances he's already wasted.]
I'm afraid I've had my opportunity to fight already, and I missed it. [As he says it, the despair boils down to those words. That realisation. He stares ahead into the void in his mind.] I'm a relic. A remnant of a world that's already gone. I could have - [He swallows.] But I didn't. I didn't even try.
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[He says it with a crooked-sad smile. It's not that he has any trouble believing she cares for him - he doesn't do that kind of self-loathing, and calling their friendship an error of judgement on her part would be a disrespect he wouldn't even dream of. But they come from such different places. She's so young. She's fighting for chances he's already wasted.]
I'm afraid I've had my opportunity to fight already, and I missed it. [As he says it, the despair boils down to those words. That realisation. He stares ahead into the void in his mind.] I'm a relic. A remnant of a world that's already gone. I could have - [He swallows.] But I didn't. I didn't even try.