A Captains Plea

"You want me to be gentler? I will as long as you get better," Viviana spat out the word one by one.

"Captain, don't blame yourself. I'm really happy to... return to the battlefield with you.

"Don't take what happened in the past to heart.

"Stay the way you are because you are... the only person I admire. Captain..."

Donovan's voice trailed off and he was so weak that he could barely open his eyes