"Keeping the faith," Reno echoed, and then he fell quiet for a moment.

He had never really been the faithful sort. Maybe he should change that, someday.

"Yeah, Rookie. That's what it comes down to, in the end. You do what you can to keep it from gettin' that bad again. You make better whatever you can make better while it needs to be fixed. It don't undo nothin', no, but it means you're still tryin'. That's what matters most."