If someone calmly told you, "You shouldn't do this," then it was obvious that the speaker already had a series of follow-up plans in mind and intended to put them into action.
An emotional outburst was not necessarily a bad thing. What was bad was when dialogue that should clearly have been charged with emotion was spoken calmly! The officer's sister had not realized this yet. She took a few more steps forward. "They promised me that as long as you put down your weapon, you'd be safe!"
"I know her departure, along with ...(the officer's son), caused you great trauma, but it's all in the past now, isn't it?"
"I don't like those people teaching us how to live, but there's one thing they said that was right."
"People have to look forward..."
The officer's expression changed subtly again. "I'm not sad about the child's death. That was his choice. He left with honor, and I can only be happy for him."
"But... she shouldn't have had to suffer this."
"Maybe it was my fault. I shouldn't have let him enlist in the first place."
"But it's too late to talk about that now. I'm standing here not only because of what happened to those two, but also because of many other people."
"You shouldn't have come here."
"At least, you shouldn't have come now."
"The Federal Government still hasn't realized its mistake. It isn't even willing to provide compensation. To them, it's just a string of numbers, but to tens of thousands of families, it's salvation."
"It's already been thirteen hours, and they're still unwilling to compensate us. I can't forgive them, not even with the shallowest forgiveness."
The negotiator stepped forward at this point. "Excuse me, but before I came, Mr. President was already gathering funds. We're