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It happened at a time in our lives when we both knew tragedy of some sort was likely unavoidable. About twenty years after we started working together. I chose to leave the corporation we were both working for at the time and offered to bring him with me; he decided to stay despite knowing that the lot of them would eventually want him dead - and even if they didn't, there were plenty of other people who would. He was aware of the potential outcome and that there would be nothing I could do to avert it once I left - he would effectively be on his own - but he chose not to come with me.

I can't say that I'm surprised; from what I remember, he was always somewhat like that.