[Just that word, to catch her attention, and then he reached out to grab her shoulder, fingers flexing a little. He's been there, a hundred times. But more importantly, he's seen other people there - his crew, his family - and no one deserves to be in that dark place, where they're questioning their own judgements and actions and running over the what-ifs in their mind.
He ducks his head, offers her a bit of a smile. She's too much like him and he's not enough like Pike, but maybe he can still salvage something here.]
You did what you could. That's all anyone can ask, ever. Don't be hard on yourself, all right? Learn from what happened, and do better next time.
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[Just that word, to catch her attention, and then he reached out to grab her shoulder, fingers flexing a little. He's been there, a hundred times. But more importantly, he's seen other people there - his crew, his family - and no one deserves to be in that dark place, where they're questioning their own judgements and actions and running over the what-ifs in their mind.
He ducks his head, offers her a bit of a smile. She's too much like him and he's not enough like Pike, but maybe he can still salvage something here.]
You did what you could. That's all anyone can ask, ever. Don't be hard on yourself, all right? Learn from what happened, and do better next time.