You couldn't even always count on your history teacher to be good people. River certainly wasn't, or hadn't been.
"Bad thing happen regardless of what good men do or don't do every day, you can't take responsibility for all the bad things, just because you might be able to stop them."
She considered how to tell the story she thought he might need to hear, but struggled since it wasn't a story she told.
"I was taken from my parents when I was very young, because some people wanted the perfect weapon against one particular man. He was like you, special, wanting to right the wrongs in the universe. But he learned eventually that you can't save everyone, not even from themselves. And that isn't your fault even if it feels like it is."
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"Bad thing happen regardless of what good men do or don't do every day, you can't take responsibility for all the bad things, just because you might be able to stop them."
She considered how to tell the story she thought he might need to hear, but struggled since it wasn't a story she told.
"I was taken from my parents when I was very young, because some people wanted the perfect weapon against one particular man. He was like you, special, wanting to right the wrongs in the universe. But he learned eventually that you can't save everyone, not even from themselves. And that isn't your fault even if it feels like it is."