He pushes his glasses back on in a gesture that is entirely useless; he just stares at Seth over the tops of them anyway.
"You are not to blame for that. It was an accident. And I know, I know that saying that doesn't magically make you believe it, but that's how it is. I mean, you," He makes a frustrated, abortive hand gesture, words crystallizing into furious resolve. "You've been in my head, you've seen what I've done. You saw it first hand, and that was one planet out of dozens I've seen destroyed, one world out of the many I've had a hand in destroying. I don't forget those things, not ever, but that doesn't mean I shouldn't forgive myself for those mistakes."
Mildly alarmed at his own abrupt outburst of partially self-directed frustration, Daniel lets his weight sink him back into the couch. He hadn't meant for that to get quite so vehement. He needs a stabilizing breath. Or several.
Instead he continues. "They were mistakes. And that," he points at Seth, softening the edges to the unintentionally hardened tone, "was a mistake. You made a mistake and it happens. That doesn't mean you don't forgive yourself."
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He pushes his glasses back on in a gesture that is entirely useless; he just stares at Seth over the tops of them anyway.
"You are not to blame for that. It was an accident. And I know, I know that saying that doesn't magically make you believe it, but that's how it is. I mean, you," He makes a frustrated, abortive hand gesture, words crystallizing into furious resolve. "You've been in my head, you've seen what I've done. You saw it first hand, and that was one planet out of dozens I've seen destroyed, one world out of the many I've had a hand in destroying. I don't forget those things, not ever, but that doesn't mean I shouldn't forgive myself for those mistakes."
Mildly alarmed at his own abrupt outburst of partially self-directed frustration, Daniel lets his weight sink him back into the couch. He hadn't meant for that to get quite so vehement. He needs a stabilizing breath. Or several.
Instead he continues. "They were mistakes. And that," he points at Seth, softening the edges to the unintentionally hardened tone, "was a mistake. You made a mistake and it happens. That doesn't mean you don't forgive yourself."