"If's after the fact do not account for much, Commodore." Theirs not to make reply Hollow sounding footsteps move around him, circling, pacing. Theirs not to reason why "For only the living get 'if only's', and other people are stuck with the consequences of your own bad decisions, sir. The dead know what is happened and done, for they have no hopes and wishes of changing it." Theirs but to do and die. The howling of the wind and roar of the waves increases, as if just outside the window, along with the cracking of splintering wood, the snapping of tearing sails, and the screaming of doomed men.
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Date: 2006-11-02 09:49 pm (UTC)Theirs not to make reply
Hollow sounding footsteps move around him, circling, pacing.
Theirs not to reason why
"For only the living get 'if only's', and other people are stuck with the consequences of your own bad decisions, sir. The dead know what is happened and done, for they have no hopes and wishes of changing it."
Theirs but to do and die.
The howling of the wind and roar of the waves increases, as if just outside the window, along with the cracking of splintering wood, the snapping of tearing sails, and the screaming of doomed men.