[ the reply after so much silence is almost a surprise. he assumed david got pissed off and dropped the conversation. the reply is more honest than he expected, which makes him reconsider his initial reply, which was along the lines of calling him a coward again. ]
so other people held you back. if it'd just been you, you would have kept going.
[ it's so far from what he dealt with - a father who actively encouraged it, who got rid of the bodies for him at the start. people who did nothing to stop him out of fear of reprisal from his father, or from him. not that he doesn't know the idea - people did try to stop him, from time to time. they were just never successful. ]
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so other people held you back. if it'd just been you, you would have kept going.
[ it's so far from what he dealt with - a father who actively encouraged it, who got rid of the bodies for him at the start. people who did nothing to stop him out of fear of reprisal from his father, or from him. not that he doesn't know the idea - people did try to stop him, from time to time. they were just never successful. ]