[ he knew what the moment had been, but looking at it again, like this, is really something sobering. a debt, part of him laments. another chance. ]

[ he could make some witty comment. 'oh, I'll try not to be more useful disposable, than not, to any more dispassionate old masterminds'...

he can't manage it. ]

I won't.
Couldn't cut some of these cords now if I tried.