[It's the first time Cassel has heard anything but certainty from Beyond, who seems to be an expert in anything he talks about. Seems fitting that the first thing he'd be unsure about would be something that Cassel's completely confused about, too. He's spent so much of his life running headfirst into danger, trying to get himself hurt, that sometimes he thinks that too. It would have been better if he hadn't had to come back.]
[He's quiet for a few moments as they climb the stairs, sits in one of the rickety chairs and looks up at Beyond with an expression that's not sad, not pitying, but maybe a little rueful.]
action.
[He's quiet for a few moments as they climb the stairs, sits in one of the rickety chairs and looks up at Beyond with an expression that's not sad, not pitying, but maybe a little rueful.]
If you'd been allowed to stay dead?