[No. They didn't get that far, they didn't survive that long, for it to come to this. For him to lose what was most important, most dear to him... while he wasn't even there to save it.]
[Ratchet.]
[No.]
[It's his immediate thought. His immediate regret -- his own life was always going to be cut short. He was a soldier, a warrior. He was built for a life of brutality and violence. He can deal with that.]
[The rest... No. No, no no.]
... That... can't happen.
[It barely sounds like his voice -- it's too rough, too worn, and undercut with the clatter of heavy armor sagging against a wall.]
[Audio] Sealed
[Utter, complete, silence.]
[Not even the sound of shifting metal.]
[No. They didn't get that far, they didn't survive that long, for it to come to this. For him to lose what was most important, most dear to him... while he wasn't even there to save it.]
[Ratchet.]
[No.]
[It's his immediate thought. His immediate regret -- his own life was always going to be cut short. He was a soldier, a warrior. He was built for a life of brutality and violence. He can deal with that.]
[The rest... No. No, no no.]
... That... can't happen.
[It barely sounds like his voice -- it's too rough, too worn, and undercut with the clatter of heavy armor sagging against a wall.]
It was a lie. A lie.