No. If there was a time he could’ve / should’ve, it would’ve been when he got the call about Seth and realized he’d lost another Fox. And maybe he would’ve felt better if he’d been able to cry. Release probably would’ve been a little less toxic than that hollow ache eating from his chest to his throat and down to his bones. But Wymack couldn’t, because Wymack still had nine Foxes he needed to track down and inform, including four that started breaking apart under the news. Wymack ate his grief and that ugly sense of failure in favor of getting Abby and Bee to them.

Later was too late, was hours spent staring at a glass he’d poured but couldn’t drink, of gnawing on grief that still burned bright but now lingered just out of reach, of telling himself that they’d done everything they could’ve and given Seth every chance they should’ve and knowing that sometimes second third fourth fiftieth chances aren’t enough.