"They say being brave isn't not being afraid; it's being afraid and doing what has to be done anyway. You knew all of these things had to be done and you did them, despite the things that happened to you because of them. And maybe you believe you didn't have a choice, but you did. You could have run away. But you didn't."
She remembers telling him this a few times while he was stoned out of his gourd on painkillers. She also remembers wishing there were drugs like that when she was recovering from a gunshot.
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"They say being brave isn't not being afraid; it's being afraid and doing what has to be done anyway. You knew all of these things had to be done and you did them, despite the things that happened to you because of them. And maybe you believe you didn't have a choice, but you did. You could have run away. But you didn't."
She remembers telling him this a few times while he was stoned out of his gourd on painkillers. She also remembers wishing there were drugs like that when she was recovering from a gunshot.