[There is a moment of hesitance, a moment of silent contemplation. Dozens of 'what if's and 'I should have's come to mind, but he knows that Isaac wouldn't have shared the sentiments behind them.]
[Isaac, after all, was so very different from him, the night to Hector's day. It had been that difference that eventually led Hector to leave Dracula's castle altogether -- Isaac was ruthless, and without compassion for those that may have judged him.]
[Wishful thinking wouldn't have changed his past.]
[Hector swallows thickly, averting his gaze.]
I should have done... something. Anything that could have kept you from... from your fate.
['From becoming a vessel for Dracula.']
[The white-haired man remained silent for a while after that, bracing himself for the angered response he expected to come.]
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[Isaac, after all, was so very different from him, the night to Hector's day. It had been that difference that eventually led Hector to leave Dracula's castle altogether -- Isaac was ruthless, and without compassion for those that may have judged him.]
[Wishful thinking wouldn't have changed his past.]
[Hector swallows thickly, averting his gaze.]
I should have done... something. Anything that could have kept you from... from your fate.
['From becoming a vessel for Dracula.']
[The white-haired man remained silent for a while after that, bracing himself for the angered response he expected to come.]