Hal's posture stiffened when the mirrors shattered and Laira appeared. The lost Lanterns were one thing; as badly as he'd wronged them, they'd still been alive in the end. He'd never be able to make it up to them, but at least they'd had the chance to make peace, and there was still time yet ahead for them.
Laira was dead. Even after she'd survived what should've been death at his hands, Sinestro had finished the job, and Hal hadn't been able to stop it from happening.
"I know it doesn't change anything," he said, swallowing past the sudden lump in his throat. "But I'm sorry."
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Hal's posture stiffened when the mirrors shattered and Laira appeared. The lost Lanterns were one thing; as badly as he'd wronged them, they'd still been alive in the end. He'd never be able to make it up to them, but at least they'd had the chance to make peace, and there was still time yet ahead for them.
Laira was dead. Even after she'd survived what should've been death at his hands, Sinestro had finished the job, and Hal hadn't been able to stop it from happening.
"I know it doesn't change anything," he said, swallowing past the sudden lump in his throat. "But I'm sorry."