How can I not let something like that affect me...?
[It's a rhetorical question more than anything. Sure, they may not be able to do anything here, but now there's going to be a constant question at the back of his mind whenever he meets someone new-- what if they're one of the people who would want him executed?]
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[It's a rhetorical question more than anything. Sure, they may not be able to do anything here, but now there's going to be a constant question at the back of his mind whenever he meets someone new-- what if they're one of the people who would want him executed?]