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up until this moment has been wasted. But still you are 2
truly innocent while I, who have changed the course of 3
nations, am not worthy to call you friend.”
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There was a fanatic tone to Bennet’s words. Because of 5
this I didn’t pay much attention, at that moment, to the 6
insults he gave me. Later on, after he was gone, I thought 7
about what he had said. There wasn’t much that I could 8
disagree with. He was evil and I was a failure; maybe that 9
was the difference between the good and bad people of 10
the world.
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“Can I stay?” he asked again.
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“What do you expect to get out of staying down here?”
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“I just don’t want to leave yet, Warden. I need a little 14
more time to think about all this.”
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“It sounds like you got it all figured out already,” I said.
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“To save the world or whatever, you’ve got to be a 17
badass.”
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“The words I say to you are just words. But the child I 19
sold into death, the corpses I robbed — these are the 20
truths that I can no longer avoid. I have to make peace 21
with them. I have to make peace with them or I’ll go 22
crazy.”
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“Just another week,” he said. “Just seven more days.”
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“Let me think about it.”
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“Thank you, Charles. Thank you,” he said.
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