Pat sighed as he saw the sincerity in Mark's eyes. Mark was not playing around and Patrick couldn't get angry if Mark was saying things so plainly.
"Look, I get what you're trying to say, but fucking killed people, Mark. Children who had their whole lives in front of them were fucking murdered like chickens. Blaming yourself is not going to make me let it go. You might have been the catalyst that started her down that path, but she was the one who walked it. The blood is on her hands, not yours."
Mark ran a hand over his face and used his thumb to poke his brow twice before he sighed. Sometimes, he forgets just how much of a humanitarian Pat could be. Even though Pat was someone who hated being around people for a long time, that did not mean that Pat didn't care for humans.
