[He takes a breath. It is a serious question, one which there was no simple or kind answer. The kind of question which could easily leave one unwilling to move forward, unwilling to engage in the task they had set themselves to.
But he had offered to answer, and so there was little choice.]
That depends. Some, with time to come to terms with their new circumstances, realize that they had chosen to come for a reason. They live. Others don't. They demand to return, or they find their end some other way.
[They settled poorly. They drove themselves to distress. They died in the field or they died by their own hand. There were things they- he and Cathaway, could not prevent, as much as they may try.]
no subject
But he had offered to answer, and so there was little choice.]
That depends. Some, with time to come to terms with their new circumstances, realize that they had chosen to come for a reason. They live. Others don't. They demand to return, or they find their end some other way.
[They settled poorly. They drove themselves to distress. They died in the field or they died by their own hand. There were things they- he and Cathaway, could not prevent, as much as they may try.]