Trite, but Ken's observant, and he has no doubt that Bull means it. Sentimentalities aren't what he's looking for, and he doesn't like those too much anyway. The simplicity is appreciated for a moment before he shakes his head, then answers.
"I was gonna. I mean, it was revenge, but I also thought that was supposed to be the right thing. Nobody arrested him so I thought I had to do it. Justice, or something." He clasps his hands together in his lap, twiddling his fingers. He takes a breath. "He died in the end, but it wasn't because I killed him. Someone else showed up, someone who was our enemy, and when the guy tried to kill me he took the shot and died, protecting me.
"He... I got to live with him for a couple months, you know? Before it all happened. And the more I think about it now, the more I look back on it, he was always a good person. Rude and he complained a lot, but a good person. I wish I saw it sooner."
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"I was gonna. I mean, it was revenge, but I also thought that was supposed to be the right thing. Nobody arrested him so I thought I had to do it. Justice, or something." He clasps his hands together in his lap, twiddling his fingers. He takes a breath. "He died in the end, but it wasn't because I killed him. Someone else showed up, someone who was our enemy, and when the guy tried to kill me he took the shot and died, protecting me.
"He... I got to live with him for a couple months, you know? Before it all happened. And the more I think about it now, the more I look back on it, he was always a good person. Rude and he complained a lot, but a good person. I wish I saw it sooner."