[It is absolutely, totally, incredibly surreal to be told that it's alright to come close to something supernatural... partly because his work — the work he's spent years and will be spending his entire life doing — deals with supernatural threats, and partly because it presents the picture of an adult, however youthful in his features, telling an adolescent that something is alright, and that seems so... normal, in a way that Walter's life has long-since ceased to be.
This reflection over the circumstances, of course, leads to a significant pause. However, he eventually heeds the soldier's request and re-joins both him and his new companion.]
...I could tell it wasn't a danger to you. [That much was obvious, from Walter's perspective.] I would have intervened, if it was.
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This reflection over the circumstances, of course, leads to a significant pause. However, he eventually heeds the soldier's request and re-joins both him and his new companion.]
...I could tell it wasn't a danger to you. [That much was obvious, from Walter's perspective.] I would have intervened, if it was.