"I can handle it," Sniper says, firm with conviction despite Nina's urgency and pain rattling. Ojiro Juniper wasn't different than the other lives Sniper had taken in the name of duty just because they had some things in common. Sniper could mourn their double as the loss of a bright life—Like they would mourn Jehovah when it came time to kill him again.

But that wouldn't stop them. There was everything at stake.