While the goal is to slink out unnoticed, Crozier's cautious to keep himself mostly upright and moving without wincing or grimacing. He doesn't want to look any more pathetic than he already feels. Only once outside and moving down the snow-covered street does he start to slow up, breath heavy with each step, leaning on Raju more and more until most of his weight is pressed into his friend's side.
"No," he says, walking through one of the slushy puddles at his feet. "No, we'll walk. The bridge."
He can't do it yet. People will undoubtedly be going back to their homes in the town, Hickey and Gibson back to theirs somewhere near here - he won't let Hickey see how low he's sunk.
"Wait until we're past the bridge," he says again, this time warning Raju to keep himself in check. They can't set the town on fire, even if they're both angry enough to watch the whole thing burn. They can't destroy even if others seek to do precisely that.
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While the goal is to slink out unnoticed, Crozier's cautious to keep himself mostly upright and moving without wincing or grimacing. He doesn't want to look any more pathetic than he already feels. Only once outside and moving down the snow-covered street does he start to slow up, breath heavy with each step, leaning on Raju more and more until most of his weight is pressed into his friend's side.
"No," he says, walking through one of the slushy puddles at his feet. "No, we'll walk. The bridge."
He can't do it yet. People will undoubtedly be going back to their homes in the town, Hickey and Gibson back to theirs somewhere near here - he won't let Hickey see how low he's sunk.
"Wait until we're past the bridge," he says again, this time warning Raju to keep himself in check. They can't set the town on fire, even if they're both angry enough to watch the whole thing burn. They can't destroy even if others seek to do precisely that.