<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #80BFFF"><span style="font-size: 150%; line-height: 116%;">Peter Halvardson</span><br/><span style="font-size: 120%; line-height: 116%;">'The Viking'</span></span></div><br/><br/><div style="text-align: justify;">Peter wrapped his arms around Alice and pulled her to his chest. He knew that she would always see her brother in every dead man coming up from the soles. But there would be bodies, it was absolutely unlikely that they had no casualties after such a quake. And Peter knew that they would come unexpected.<br/><br/><span style="color: #FF8000">"I know that you will always see you brother in those bodies. And I would say you don't have to face them. But you will have to face them. We have a little more control up here in the hospital than down on the soles in recovering them, but still there will be people coming up here, who are barely breathing anymore. And they will die under our hands. It is how the life as a miner is, Alice. We can't change it as long as we have to work for companies who care only for their revenues. I'll try to keep the worst cases from you and if you break down, I carry you to the next bed. This day will make you face your demons, Alice. I know it, but believe me, normally I would be down on the soles and look for those trapped inside. And that would make me face my demons. But once you accept that, it is easier to endure it."</span><br/><br/>Peter had no intention to force Alice into it. If she said she couldn't do it, it would be ok for him. The death of her brother surely had been a huge impact in her life and had brought her to join the MP. Maybe seeing all those bodies today would be another impact. It may bring her to understand why he did what he did. In her opinion he was the bad guy, even if he did good things. In his world he was no bad guy at all. But to understand that you had to understand how his world was turning. And she could only understand it if she witnessed it.</div>