[And there it is. The pistol's lowered, but Otto doesn't feel much safer. His eyes close for a few seconds as he draws in a deep breath, then open once again to face Holmes.]
... I did.
[There's no sense of victory there, no achievement or pride. If anything, he's defeated. Ashamed. And he's not going to make excuses for it. There's no "but" there. Whether the Sjörå got into his head or not doesn't change that this happened. It doesn't change that this man died at Otto's hands. He'll take the responsibility for it. He does have one other thing to add, though.]
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... I did.
[There's no sense of victory there, no achievement or pride. If anything, he's defeated. Ashamed. And he's not going to make excuses for it. There's no "but" there. Whether the Sjörå got into his head or not doesn't change that this happened. It doesn't change that this man died at Otto's hands. He'll take the responsibility for it. He does have one other thing to add, though.]
And I'm sorry.