"I think you're right. I know there are other ways I could have reached that conclusion...but I only came to it when I couldn't actively work on the old goal. I have a bad habit of developing tunnel vision when I have something I want to do." And it still took him somewhere between ten and twenty years to look at alternative routes.
"Anita... I can't change you being stuck here. But I do want to help make this less painful, less- torturous. If I can." He has very little power to influence things here, despite that Warden title. "You know that, don't you?"
The look that passes over her face says that, no she she didn't know that. At least, not specifically. He's been an ally, and a friend, but Anita is just used to feeling like she's in things alone.
She gets her face under control, but it's hard to know what to say to that. So she just goes with:
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"Anita... I can't change you being stuck here. But I do want to help make this less painful, less- torturous. If I can." He has very little power to influence things here, despite that Warden title. "You know that, don't you?"
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She gets her face under control, but it's hard to know what to say to that. So she just goes with:
"Thanks, Lark."