"It's not a big if for a Lost, Macaque. You know that. It's been my reality twice through my Durance. It's not hard to imagine it could happen to you for any reason."

Cole frowned at Macaque's shoes, trying to will a way to make him understand into existence. "That's basically him saying that he'll try his best. He already said there's a limit to what he can do involving others...and it's always the people I care about who get it worse than I ever will. And it happens every time."