despite the pain, the unrelenting, white, hot pain. our characters continue onward to goal they may or may not achieve and if they do reach that goal. A part of them may break, for all their talk of staying whole, they are already crumbling. it’s just a matter of how long they hold on.
Good luck Carl, good luck Donut. Hold on a little while longer, not for yourselves, but for each other. Stay true.