That's bad. What happened to him is extremely painful.
[It's not like he hasn't had personal reasons to research it in detail, but then there had also been the agony of that memory of the girl and the water -- it's haunting and he tries his best to shake it off. He never wants to feel it again, and never wants it to happen to anyone he likes, and this is a stronger inclination than it was before his time on the ship.]
You're holding up? I'm assuming your daughter is looking after you.
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[It's not like he hasn't had personal reasons to research it in detail, but then there had also been the agony of that memory of the girl and the water -- it's haunting and he tries his best to shake it off. He never wants to feel it again, and never wants it to happen to anyone he likes, and this is a stronger inclination than it was before his time on the ship.]
You're holding up? I'm assuming your daughter is looking after you.
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[He raised her to be this stubborn. He has no one to blame but himself.]
I'm still functional enough.