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If you had told me, perhaps I could've found a way to keep you alive. [He knew his blood better than anyone, after all, though it's also possible Julian had a sample of it for study. Still, two Augmented minds working together could accomplish more than one.
He looks away for a moment, eyes closing before he looks back at Julian. He knows the other has given up, and stubborn as he may be, he also knows Julian has little time left, too little for even him to do anything.] Then I am sorry, for not succeeding the first time. [He'd thought he would, he'd run the numbers, run the tests, done the best he could, he was confident. It was a real blow to listen to that message and find out he'd gotten it wrong, but now he had ten years worth of research behind him. He knew he wouldn't fail.]