[ When she doesn't seem to react much at all, he stops working and sits down in the pew behind her, the tape discarded beside him. ] I would have helped, you know. The haros, too.
[ Neil leaned forward, fingers twined together as they rest on the wood next to her shoulders. ] Together, we're the reason this place even exists. I took a hit to my pride, too, when they wrecked it. [ It's hard to say all this, in light of how the past few days have gone, but he's been bottling up his feeling since Day One. Five more minutes might have meant the difference between airing them out and just tucking that new bottle into the cellar, never to see the light of day again. ]