"Then he would have held on for that one more day."
And Alex reminds alcohol and something uncomfortable. "We're going to talk, because it will make Neil happy." And Alex vaguely remembers talking about Four Corners, and he remembers that man talking about dogs. A lot of dogs. A couple in particular. Ones that Alex knew of, because of a man named Cooper in the Capital Wasteland.
But that man had said a similar thing. If he had been there.... Except that was different, and something awful, and that man had made an exception. "Even if they had ended up dying naturally in their sleep, I wouldn't have been there for it. Because, dogs, they--"
"...Dogs that love you," Alex says, aware of echoing that man's words. "They don't want you to see them die. They want to spend every fucking moment with you that they can, and it's when you step off for a moment--" Be right back, boy, Neil had said, a quick hurried smile. "--That they can let go. He held on for you, Neil. And he died by himself because he didn't want you to be sad."
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And Alex reminds alcohol and something uncomfortable. "We're going to talk, because it will make Neil happy." And Alex vaguely remembers talking about Four Corners, and he remembers that man talking about dogs. A lot of dogs. A couple in particular. Ones that Alex knew of, because of a man named Cooper in the Capital Wasteland.
But that man had said a similar thing. If he had been there.... Except that was different, and something awful, and that man had made an exception. "Even if they had ended up dying naturally in their sleep, I wouldn't have been there for it. Because, dogs, they--"
"...Dogs that love you," Alex says, aware of echoing that man's words. "They don't want you to see them die. They want to spend every fucking moment with you that they can, and it's when you step off for a moment--" Be right back, boy, Neil had said, a quick hurried smile. "--That they can let go. He held on for you, Neil. And he died by himself because he didn't want you to be sad."