[She started this, but she feels tired at the thought of explaining further when she sees it so clearly—too clearly—in her mind.] Darker and armored. His voice was different. Barely a voice.
I think... He didn't want to be that. To die as that. [She's not sure. She just doesn't believe he'd plead like that for his life. Or was it for hers? Was he worried about what it would do to her? What Road would do? Is she giving him too much credit again?]