They were all prepared to lose people or to be killed themselves. At least that’s what they told themselves. But when it was your friend being hit by a massive monster and being poisoned or broken and battered on the ground, those lies that you’ve told yourself hurt like needles jabbing into your stomach.
No one is ever fully prepared to deal with the loss of a friend or loved one. We will all suffer grief until one day we are the cause of another's.
