[It really is for himself that he's asking for her to be there, because he needs someone to hold and cope with this. Someone that if he started talking too, they would understand what's going on and would set him straight. How can he deal with knowing his daughter is going to go on, be a hero, and die? That out of them, Catherine's the one to live and see them both die. That he has to let her deal with it by herself. He's mourning really for them all, something she may not understand but for him, well he has to so he can cope.
He has the names of the children he helped her find memorized, he has a feeling he'll have Miranda's service number memorized when she enlists. All he can do is try and remember them all and do what he can to show that their faith in him is warranted.
That he's not as much of a failure as he feels, as both an officer in some ways still trying to prove himself, and a father for letting his daughter die after him.
But he'd never say that she doesn't deserve love, that out of everything she needs it as much as they do. Who else needs it more?
He just holds her tight to him, resting his forehead on top of her head, and cries. It's all he can do for a future he'll never see.]
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He has the names of the children he helped her find memorized, he has a feeling he'll have Miranda's service number memorized when she enlists. All he can do is try and remember them all and do what he can to show that their faith in him is warranted.
That he's not as much of a failure as he feels, as both an officer in some ways still trying to prove himself, and a father for letting his daughter die after him.
But he'd never say that she doesn't deserve love, that out of everything she needs it as much as they do. Who else needs it more?
He just holds her tight to him, resting his forehead on top of her head, and cries. It's all he can do for a future he'll never see.]