"Both," Rich said honestly, slinging his arm around Sam's shoulders and briefly squeezing him. "But it takes a lot of damage -- for people to have trouble bouncing back."
He could think of people that had been hurt so badly that they were still struggling, like Robbie, but part of why it was so bad for him was that he felt he'd made a mistake. Feeling like you'd failed people was sometimes harder to bounce back from than being hurt yourself.
"And even when they have trouble -- sometimes they still manage it anyway. People are resilient like that. Stronger than you'd ever imagine."
He'd seen it, during the war. So many broken societies and yes, some had fallen to darkness and chaos, but he'd seen just as many that worked together to try to evacuate their worlds. He'd seen people sign up with the United Front to fight back after losing everything, refusing to just lay down and die or give in to despair.
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He could think of people that had been hurt so badly that they were still struggling, like Robbie, but part of why it was so bad for him was that he felt he'd made a mistake. Feeling like you'd failed people was sometimes harder to bounce back from than being hurt yourself.
"And even when they have trouble -- sometimes they still manage it anyway. People are resilient like that. Stronger than you'd ever imagine."
He'd seen it, during the war. So many broken societies and yes, some had fallen to darkness and chaos, but he'd seen just as many that worked together to try to evacuate their worlds. He'd seen people sign up with the United Front to fight back after losing everything, refusing to just lay down and die or give in to despair.