His eyes close and his head bows, but he's still listening to everything she's saying.
What she's asking him to, he can't imagine. Not the way she's describing it. There's no way he could come close to feeling the way she must, and he knows it.
He's lost Kate countless times in nightmares; at the gas station, to the events in L.A., even in the Old Kingdom and to Grant and the slugs, but it's only dreams and he knows it doesn't compare to her experiences.
He has faced men like she's describing. Eric Lawson was one, and so was the Doctor. He knows what they're capable of, he's suffered because of them, and yet when he faced one, Lawson, the man who turned Bill's life upside down with a pair of bullets, Bill turned his back on him. A million consequences would have followed, but the truth is, Bill had the opportunity to take the kind of justice Kate is describing, and he let it go.
He's not sure which of them is stronger for their decision.
His thoughts go over everything, all the details of their lives; the similarities and differences, the choices, the things they both have done, and there's no final answer for any of it.
"Kate-- "
His voice is quiet after the long spell of silence, and his eyes reopen and focus on her.
"I can't-- What you're doin', I can't say it's the right thing."
A beat, and it's clear he's reluctant to go on.
"I can't say it's the wrong thing, neither. Nothin' that's happened to you is right, an' it ain't deserved, but it scares the hell outta me knowin' this is what you're out there doin'."
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What she's asking him to, he can't imagine. Not the way she's describing it. There's no way he could come close to feeling the way she must, and he knows it.
He's lost Kate countless times in nightmares; at the gas station, to the events in L.A., even in the Old Kingdom and to Grant and the slugs, but it's only dreams and he knows it doesn't compare to her experiences.
He has faced men like she's describing. Eric Lawson was one, and so was the Doctor. He knows what they're capable of, he's suffered because of them, and yet when he faced one, Lawson, the man who turned Bill's life upside down with a pair of bullets, Bill turned his back on him. A million consequences would have followed, but the truth is, Bill had the opportunity to take the kind of justice Kate is describing, and he let it go.
He's not sure which of them is stronger for their decision.
His thoughts go over everything, all the details of their lives; the similarities and differences, the choices, the things they both have done, and there's no final answer for any of it.
"Kate-- "
His voice is quiet after the long spell of silence, and his eyes reopen and focus on her.
"I can't-- What you're doin', I can't say it's the right thing."
A beat, and it's clear he's reluctant to go on.
"I can't say it's the wrong thing, neither. Nothin' that's happened to you is right, an' it ain't deserved, but it scares the hell outta me knowin' this is what you're out there doin'."