Re: Rose and Bill That I wanted to do what she did, the words cut through him and he found himself staring at her, fighting for control of the temper that was always worse this close to the full moon. Had she actually said what he thought she had? That she contemplated suicide? Swallowing he counted silently to ten, because he was quite certain that a shouted are you out of your mind you will do no such thing! wasn't what Rose needed at the moment.
"You want to kill yourself?" he asked with a calm he did not feel, just to clarify that he'd really heard her correctly. If his voice trembled somewhat it wasn't something he could be blamed for.
When the rest registered, long after she'd said it, but he didn't acknowledge it at first, just pondered it. "I once told her she couldn't be held accountable for other people's actions," he said. "That it wasn't her fault what Rabastan did in her name."
He sighed. "That doesn't stop me from having the same thoughts as you," he said. "If I'd asked more, if I'd pushed harder when I knew something was wrong - perhaps this could have been avoided."
He let go of his legs, placing an arm around Rose's shoulders. "Why do want to kill yourself?" he asked.