It's that part, telling Raju that he cares, that makes him worried he'd put too much onto his shoulders and was trying to soften the burden. It isn't something he'd do - he wouldn't possibly so callous - but he can't trust his feverish and half-dying mind to have done the right thing.
He does care. If anything makes sense, it'd be his need to tell him before he fell asleep and didn't wake again.
"You know what Hickey did, that's all I need you to know. It seems the chaos of the evening wasn't limited to him and I. If he's not actively on the prowl there's nothing to prevent." He brings his hand up to his hair, thinking to brush it back before he realizes it's probably too matted for that. "We can't build the gallows, just you and I."
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It's that part, telling Raju that he cares, that makes him worried he'd put too much onto his shoulders and was trying to soften the burden. It isn't something he'd do - he wouldn't possibly so callous - but he can't trust his feverish and half-dying mind to have done the right thing.
He does care. If anything makes sense, it'd be his need to tell him before he fell asleep and didn't wake again.
"You know what Hickey did, that's all I need you to know. It seems the chaos of the evening wasn't limited to him and I. If he's not actively on the prowl there's nothing to prevent." He brings his hand up to his hair, thinking to brush it back before he realizes it's probably too matted for that. "We can't build the gallows, just you and I."