[It was already nigh impossible to breathe; this was definitely just the finisher to what had been a laughably one-sided battle from the start. Honestly, he'd expected to be afraid of death. It was a surprise to be suddenly aware that all he felt was the same old endless frustration with himself.]
[Of course he couldn't protect anyone. Of course he was never anything but pathetic. He was still that incompetent child with delusions of grandeur, wasn't he? Diarmuid had risked his life for him, ten years ago. Fought and bled and suffered all for the sake of some imbecile that hadn't known anything about anything, and as payment Waver had utterly failed to do the same.]
[Idiot. And here you thought you had changed...you're still the same wretched worthless Waver Velvet.]
[He was almost glad his life didn't flash before his eyes. That would have just been the final nail of humiliation in his slightly more than metaphorical coffin.]
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[It was already nigh impossible to breathe; this was definitely just the finisher to what had been a laughably one-sided battle from the start. Honestly, he'd expected to be afraid of death. It was a surprise to be suddenly aware that all he felt was the same old endless frustration with himself.]
[Of course he couldn't protect anyone. Of course he was never anything but pathetic. He was still that incompetent child with delusions of grandeur, wasn't he? Diarmuid had risked his life for him, ten years ago. Fought and bled and suffered all for the sake of some imbecile that hadn't known anything about anything, and as payment Waver had utterly failed to do the same.]
[Idiot. And here you thought you had changed...you're still the same wretched worthless Waver Velvet.]
[He was almost glad his life didn't flash before his eyes. That would have just been the final nail of humiliation in his slightly more than metaphorical coffin.]