OK, this is my first RA story. If you're curious as to what it's about (and you really shouldn't be), it was inspired while I was reading book 3. This is Halt's thoughts after meeting up with Will in book 4 and hearing his story.

All this time you were all alone,

All this time you were on your own,

All this time without a hand to hold,

All this entrapment in snow and cold.

If only I had been there for you,

If only I was by your side,

If I was there the whole time through,

Maybe your spirit wouldn't be broken in two.

A spirit broken by suffering and pain,

Who reached out for help again and again,

Who smiled through tears;

Who comforted fears;

All the time reaching for a hand in the rain.

You cried out for help, yet none heard your plea,

You cried out for someone, cried out for me,

But I was too far away, I couldn't hear,

And then your memory ceased to just be,

And I couldn't save you from your greatest fear.

I wish it was different, wish I'd been there,

I wish somebody had the heart to care,

I wish I could have saved you in your greatest time of need,

But I wasn't there, no I wasn't indeed.