[Strange to give credit to his human body; Fitz is not wrong, but acknowledging that is also conceding to the ease of which he exists in it. How much simpler it becomes, as the days crawl by, to be human, a mind steadily syncing with a body that isn’t his. The thought is perturbing if one dwells on the implications — something that Markus will not be doing today.

So he lets the subject switch, led on by his own question.

And it’s telling that Fitz immediately jumps past the fact that they were successful, straight on the the messiness of it. Stating that his decisions wouldn’t change, despite the state they left in. He wonders if that’s guilt talking, or self-doubt, or simply an analytical thought process jumping straight to an overall assessment.]

I think given how badly it could’ve gone, we were fortunate to leave in one piece. With everyone out and alive, it’s hard to criticize any of the calls you made.

[But.]

But that’s not exactly what I asked you.

[Because feeling does have a place, after the fact. Especially when Fitz had just mentioned the struggles with his mind only minutes prior.]