[He does, and actually takes a small step back, a flinch like Windom really had stabbed him again, but also backing away from the words.]
[He can't argue with them. It's true. He did fail her. There are so many little things he could have done differently. She should have lived. She was getting better, and they were going to get a break and put Windom away, and she should have lived.]
[Maybe not with Coop, maybe in fear, but she could have been alive. And that was on him.]
[But still, he's aware of the mind games, despite how they get to him. For the moment, he tries to detach himself from Windom's words, precise as they are. And really, he needs answers. He's gone so long without understanding what happened and it's tearing at him.]
You failed her first. You tortured her. And then you drove us together just to tear us apart. Why?
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[He can't argue with them. It's true. He did fail her. There are so many little things he could have done differently. She should have lived. She was getting better, and they were going to get a break and put Windom away, and she should have lived.]
[Maybe not with Coop, maybe in fear, but she could have been alive. And that was on him.]
[But still, he's aware of the mind games, despite how they get to him. For the moment, he tries to detach himself from Windom's words, precise as they are. And really, he needs answers. He's gone so long without understanding what happened and it's tearing at him.]
You failed her first. You tortured her. And then you drove us together just to tear us apart. Why?