"No, it's--" Okay, so she has some really good points in there, and maybe he could have gone about this better.
"It's not what I'm tryin' ta say." Which is probably good, because whatever he's doing, he's shit at it. Sweeney takes a deep breath to center himself. He wets his lip and fixes his eyes on hers so she can feel the weight in his words.
"What I'm tryin' ta say is: she went back ta save you. But she couldn't."
Okay. Say it. It's important. She can hate you after.
"'Cause I already did."
The statement holds all that is left unspoken. The Baron told the truth. It was his blood that the gris gris needed. Yes, he knows what that means, and he isn't running from it.
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"It's not what I'm tryin' ta say." Which is probably good, because whatever he's doing, he's shit at it. Sweeney takes a deep breath to center himself. He wets his lip and fixes his eyes on hers so she can feel the weight in his words.
"What I'm tryin' ta say is: she went back ta save you. But she couldn't."
Okay. Say it. It's important. She can hate you after.
"'Cause I already did."
The statement holds all that is left unspoken. The Baron told the truth. It was his blood that the gris gris needed. Yes, he knows what that means, and he isn't running from it.