（ the censure is deserved, he does not flinch from it. instead, he waits patiently until newton is done, and then — ）

My point — that it is not your responsibility — remains. You are one man. You have already suffered enough for this.

（ it surprises him, in a sense, that he has come to care for this strange man enough that he — perhaps selfishly — does not wish to see him continue to do so by means of a new deal with the orbs. but then, those who suffer rarely see the truth of it in themselves. it is easier to take on the pain of others than to acknowledge what lives in your own heart.

trying to bring back his dead family. newt has no way of knowing how closely that cleaves to his own regret, and that the grasping hands of the dead do not let him rest.

he rises smoothly, and carries his empty dishes to the sink. ）

I apologize if I have overstepped. I will speak no more on the matter. What you do, after all, is your choice.