"You are." It's more important than Edward's opinion, isn't it?
"You always will be. Even when things push your hand."

And in that. It does bother Edward. Anything forcing Carlisle to be anything other than what Carlisle wants or chooses to be bothers him. He considers those things usually far more into his or someone else's his hands to take care of. Not Carlisle's.



Casually, almost unattachedly. "Were they feeding on your school?"