Raju huffs out a loud breath, a noise full of frustration and deep disgust, and looks at the man with the same feeling. If Little wouldn't have died without Raju here— This feels like a complete waste of Raju's time at a time when, for someone out there right now, every second might count. But Raju can't bring Little to safety and convince him to stay there at the same time either, can he? And if Little doesn't stay in whatever safe place he's put all of this will be for nothing.
Raju glances around, one side of the small alley between the buildings and then the other. Everyone he hears and sees is too far away and too distracted to have really noticed them yet. He pulls at Little enough to try to press the both of them against the nearby wall.
"You saved a life, is what you did," he snaps, impatiently. Little's 'crimes' he does remember; they'd been part of the reason all the other self righteous idiots voting there had found it so easy to convince themselves it was the right thing to do nothing for anyone at all. It was easy to look at actions like Edward Little's and realise he didn't need to be punished, and from there, to reassure themselves that maybe no one else did either, that it was right to end the day without once lifting a finger to actually do anything hard. Raju's thought on that part of that day enough, and remembers at least the outline of the detail. "That girl. If you would stop gibbering long enough to remember her, you would know exactly why I'm here. You wouldn't have even been on trial to skew the bloody results in the first place if you weren't so taken with soaking in your stupid guilt. Why on Earth wouldn't I save you? Because you deserve it. I promise you, if you were Cornelius Hickey I would have walked by no matter where that spear was ending up."
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Raju glances around, one side of the small alley between the buildings and then the other. Everyone he hears and sees is too far away and too distracted to have really noticed them yet. He pulls at Little enough to try to press the both of them against the nearby wall.
"You saved a life, is what you did," he snaps, impatiently. Little's 'crimes' he does remember; they'd been part of the reason all the other self righteous idiots voting there had found it so easy to convince themselves it was the right thing to do nothing for anyone at all. It was easy to look at actions like Edward Little's and realise he didn't need to be punished, and from there, to reassure themselves that maybe no one else did either, that it was right to end the day without once lifting a finger to actually do anything hard. Raju's thought on that part of that day enough, and remembers at least the outline of the detail. "That girl. If you would stop gibbering long enough to remember her, you would know exactly why I'm here. You wouldn't have even been on trial to skew the bloody results in the first place if you weren't so taken with soaking in your stupid guilt. Why on Earth wouldn't I save you? Because you deserve it. I promise you, if you were Cornelius Hickey I would have walked by no matter where that spear was ending up."