I think we all deserve a little better than what we get.

[And Goddess, it's taken so long, for her to hit that point. To think she deserved anything at all, failure that she is.]

He's balanced on an edge, right now. And... and hopefully this will nudge him away from the side he's buried himself in for so long, but... it was a risk, and it got taken. And, um. Now I'm going to go and see how it pays off.

...I hope it gets better. For all of us.