We didn't. That is the entire reason I'm here now. [This felt like a long time coming, this frustration seeping out in the middle of this Purgatory as if no one else was here.]

I understand the necessity of hard choices as much as you do. I'm well aware of what needed to be done. That does not change the fact that I never wanted to witness you die myself. [He knew he had no right to say it, but Waver knew how much it hurt to watch a loved one fade away in his arms.]