[ What did it feel like? Hickey echoes Angelo's look of puzzlement for a moment. What an odd question.
But as soon as it's asked, he knows the answer: It felt like stepping onto the deck of the Terror for the first time, like seeing Billy's smile at the ring on his finger. Like waking up in the graveyard. Like immortality.
Relief. ]
Vindication.
[ It's barely a lie. What better confirmation that the universe had chosen him?
He takes a step back and glances back down the hill. Tozer is dismantling a tent with the other marines, and Mr. Goodsir has finally made an appearance, hauling a crate of medical supplies over to the boat.
A little ways past the camp, Hickey can just make out an unnatural hump of shales at the base of the next hill. He hadn't known what else to do with the remains of Billy's body. ]
But I was calm because I chose to be. Fear doesn't serve me.
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But as soon as it's asked, he knows the answer: It felt like stepping onto the deck of the Terror for the first time, like seeing Billy's smile at the ring on his finger. Like waking up in the graveyard. Like immortality.
Relief. ]
Vindication.
[ It's barely a lie. What better confirmation that the universe had chosen him?
He takes a step back and glances back down the hill. Tozer is dismantling a tent with the other marines, and Mr. Goodsir has finally made an appearance, hauling a crate of medical supplies over to the boat.
A little ways past the camp, Hickey can just make out an unnatural hump of shales at the base of the next hill. He hadn't known what else to do with the remains of Billy's body. ]
But I was calm because I chose to be. Fear doesn't serve me.