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He hath made everything beautiful in its time
- Ecclesiastes 3:11 (KJV)
10 – Invisible Scars and Rose-Tinted Glasses
This regeneration had scars; maybe not physical scars, but they were there all the same. They reminded him of what he had done, and that he had had to do it.
He had killed before, by the time he pressed the button: he was a soldier – he had to. He had even killed several at once before. But never that many; destruction on that scale had left him damaged, scarred.
Rose didn't see it like that. She didn't see him like that. She only saw him as a wonderful man, even after he had told her what he had done.