[ It does hurt, because she doesn't really understand that this is permanent - and Royce, who can hear them despite his best efforts to ignore it, stabs the shovel into the dirt more forcefully.
Mercy grips tightly at Alfie's shirt. ] But - I have a lot of stuff to tell her all the time! That's not fair!
[ Her tiny voice breaks, and Royce falters, hunched over the start of a grave with white knuckles. ]
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Mercy grips tightly at Alfie's shirt. ] But - I have a lot of stuff to tell her all the time! That's not fair!
[ Her tiny voice breaks, and Royce falters, hunched over the start of a grave with white knuckles. ]