Carson's excitement softens into grief, not for himself, but for her. For John, for Rodney. He's in the odd (unenviable, to his mind) position of seeing the effect his death had on those nearest and dearest to him, and he would give anything to spare them even as he knows he wouldn't have made any other choice.
When it comes to his patients, he'll choose their lives over his every time.
Carson draws Elizabeth into a hug, in part to comfort and in part to escape the expression on her face. ]
Aye, it's me. You've no need to hide anything. I already know.
goodbye my heart
Carson's excitement softens into grief, not for himself, but for her. For John, for Rodney. He's in the odd (unenviable, to his mind) position of seeing the effect his death had on those nearest and dearest to him, and he would give anything to spare them even as he knows he wouldn't have made any other choice.
When it comes to his patients, he'll choose their lives over his every time.
Carson draws Elizabeth into a hug, in part to comfort and in part to escape the expression on her face. ]
Aye, it's me. You've no need to hide anything. I already know.