[ I should have saved more, was on the tip of his tongue, but he bit it back. What good did the guilt do? It would just make him more frustrated that he couldn't go back, that he couldn't do anything else to help them now. They were on their own now, and they'd barely survived with him there.
He took another shaky breath and covered his face with his hand. This was too much all at once - the city, the touching, the trouble back home, Madge... It felt like Gale was being bombarded from all sides, and he didn't know how to react. ]
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He took another shaky breath and covered his face with his hand. This was too much all at once - the city, the touching, the trouble back home, Madge... It felt like Gale was being bombarded from all sides, and he didn't know how to react. ]