Or that's what it feels like, anyway. Maybe it's why the Darkwalker doesn't have as much influence over him. (The talisman he's carrying is a far bigger reason, but-- Billy is not thinking about it right now, with it stuffed away deep inside his pockets.)
"It never has. It is not as if anyone would listen to me even if I were to get angry." Billy knows the sort of man he is, and it's not the type who can intimidate anyone else. So why get angry if it doesn't help? Why hurt someone if it won't change anything and will only get you into trouble? "Instead I have just felt.."
His words trail off for a moment into the air.
".. just incredibly nervous. Scared, I suppose. I keep feeling as if something awful could happen at any moment in this darkness. To me, to Cornelius-- even to you." Because she's definitely included in the category of people Billy cares about enough to give a shit whether they're alive or dead.
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Or that's what it feels like, anyway. Maybe it's why the Darkwalker doesn't have as much influence over him. (The talisman he's carrying is a far bigger reason, but-- Billy is not thinking about it right now, with it stuffed away deep inside his pockets.)
"It never has. It is not as if anyone would listen to me even if I were to get angry." Billy knows the sort of man he is, and it's not the type who can intimidate anyone else. So why get angry if it doesn't help? Why hurt someone if it won't change anything and will only get you into trouble? "Instead I have just felt.."
His words trail off for a moment into the air.
".. just incredibly nervous. Scared, I suppose. I keep feeling as if something awful could happen at any moment in this darkness. To me, to Cornelius-- even to you." Because she's definitely included in the category of people Billy cares about enough to give a shit whether they're alive or dead.