[This changes things.

[Words can be simple as they’d like. The unsaid is invariably deafening. “We ended one.” “We eliminated it.” Personal bias. The picture isn’t clear but a strengthened grip is, pulls for it, and no one has ever stepped up to power with clean hands.

[Why fight at all?]

The person you love. [Someone at the end of the world. It’s a quiet question.] What happened to them?

[Did you let them go?]