[He can't. He isn't sure why. Even when Quark collapses and the sight should have torn at his paternal heart, he is driven forward. He has to lead. He has to guide his country. This, above all else, is paramount. He cannot allow himself to be distracted by a mere child, anymore.
This is the true President Crane. This is the decaying, bitter ghost of a man who failed his people.]
T̶̮͂͂h̴̩̀a̶͓̒͛ţ̷͂'̷̠̱̌͝ṣ̷̛ ̸̰̊̉i̶̪̅̑ͅm̶̺̊p̶̝̘̚o̷̫̗͂̔ș̶͔̎̅s̴͉̰̆ī̷̱͜b̵͎̀̄ľ̴̞̬̌ệ̴̮.̵͎̻̔ ̴̣͐͌ ̶̙͖̽D̸̀̓ͅơ̴̧͉͝n̷̰͊̉ͅ'̷̘̜̅t̷͍̽ ̵̛̮̭l̷̨̎i̶̡͋e̶͓̰̐́ ̷̩̎͌t̶̬̀õ̵̼ ̴̪͎͒̐m̷̗̒̚e̵̯̽.̵̺̊̔ ̷̪̫̑ [Don't lie to me, like an authoritarian parent who would never take their child at their word. It simply wasn't possible that everyone in the bunker was alive and well this morning. He knew the people in that room had been there, last.
Because if everyone were still there, there was just no keeping his promise to save the people he suffered alongside.]
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This is the true President Crane. This is the decaying, bitter ghost of a man who failed his people.]
T̶̮͂͂h̴̩̀a̶͓̒͛ţ̷͂'̷̠̱̌͝ṣ̷̛ ̸̰̊̉i̶̪̅̑ͅm̶̺̊p̶̝̘̚o̷̫̗͂̔ș̶͔̎̅s̴͉̰̆ī̷̱͜b̵͎̀̄ľ̴̞̬̌ệ̴̮.̵͎̻̔
̴̣͐͌
̶̙͖̽D̸̀̓ͅơ̴̧͉͝n̷̰͊̉ͅ'̷̘̜̅t̷͍̽ ̵̛̮̭l̷̨̎i̶̡͋e̶͓̰̐́ ̷̩̎͌t̶̬̀õ̵̼ ̴̪͎͒̐m̷̗̒̚e̵̯̽.̵̺̊̔
̷̪̫̑
[Don't lie to me, like an authoritarian parent who would never take their child at their word. It simply wasn't possible that everyone in the bunker was alive and well this morning. He knew the people in that room had been there, last.
Because if everyone were still there, there was just no keeping his promise to save the people he suffered alongside.]