If Little had held out hope for far too long, what would that say about him? It wasn’t until he saw that final camp that he understood - his optimism had been horribly misplaced.
“Perhaps you should hold me accountable,” he says quietly, hand and not-hand gesturing towards himself. “I should carry some guilt for what occurred to us. To you.”
Not all of it, he isn’t to blame for the decisions of others or the things that had been completely out of his control, but he isn’t without guilt. That’s the nature of his role as captain, it was his job to protect the ships and the men, to bring all and sundry home, perhaps a bit worse for the wear but alive and whole. He’d failed in that regard, when he knew the steps needed to succeed. Hell, he’d done it before in Antarctica; hadn’t lost a single man in that expedition and things had been just as harrowing in the beginning.
“I’m sorry for what I said as well, Edward. My tone was harsh, I didn’t have any patience for the argument. There’s…there’s so much needed to be said though, isn’t there?”
Crozier laughs softly in spite of himself. “Being around these men and women from a few hundred years in our future - they’re free with their sentiments, aren’t they?”
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If Little had held out hope for far too long, what would that say about him? It wasn’t until he saw that final camp that he understood - his optimism had been horribly misplaced.
“Perhaps you should hold me accountable,” he says quietly, hand and not-hand gesturing towards himself. “I should carry some guilt for what occurred to us. To you.”
Not all of it, he isn’t to blame for the decisions of others or the things that had been completely out of his control, but he isn’t without guilt. That’s the nature of his role as captain, it was his job to protect the ships and the men, to bring all and sundry home, perhaps a bit worse for the wear but alive and whole. He’d failed in that regard, when he knew the steps needed to succeed. Hell, he’d done it before in Antarctica; hadn’t lost a single man in that expedition and things had been just as harrowing in the beginning.
“I’m sorry for what I said as well, Edward. My tone was harsh, I didn’t have any patience for the argument. There’s…there’s so much needed to be said though, isn’t there?”
Crozier laughs softly in spite of himself. “Being around these men and women from a few hundred years in our future - they’re free with their sentiments, aren’t they?”