[ God, if that ain't the fucking truth. They just go about it in different ways, he supposes. ]
is that all it takes to be able to live with yourself
[ It sounds judgey, but he means it genuinely--James can't fathom doing something like this himself. Just...thinking about it and deciding to pity the guy and call that enough to assuage his guilt. He asks partly because he's curious if that's as far as it goes for Albert, and partly because if it does go further, maybe it's something that can help James better too. ]
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is that all it takes to be able to live with yourself
[ It sounds judgey, but he means it genuinely--James can't fathom doing something like this himself. Just...thinking about it and deciding to pity the guy and call that enough to assuage his guilt. He asks partly because he's curious if that's as far as it goes for Albert, and partly because if it does go further, maybe it's something that can help James better too. ]