"I think he would have too," Chastity remarked quietly, imagining it for a moment in her mind. Then Patience continued on, and a faint furrow creased her brow. She thought it was a little silly, but at the same time, she knew Patience didn't really. The thing was, if Aldous had lived, her parents probably would have been alive, too. But Patience didn't know that.
After a moment, she said, "If Aldous hadn't been attacked in the first place, he would be alive right now. If our parents hadn't-" She shook her head. She couldn't bring that up. "If he'd never been attacked-" If they hadn't let him be attacked. "-we wouldn't be worrying about him on the full moon, either. He'd be happy. And alive. And things would be... different."