Charles Smith and Charlotte Balfour are opposite sides of the same coin:
Both rejects of modern society, one by birthright and one by choice
Both intelligent, tenacious, and compassionate
Both learned to survive on their own because there was no alternative
Both fell into Arthur Morganās orbit for a brief moment of time and, for better or worse, had their lives changed because of it
Both lost their chosen family and had to grieve alone
At the end of chapter 6 they werenāt that far away from each other geographically and I have spent an unhealthy amount of time thinking about what could have happened if their paths had crossed in that period of time, how things could have been different for both of them. Could it have changed anything in the bigger picture of red dead redemption? I certainly think itās possible.
Chapter 3 is FINALLY up!! That also marks the end of part 1, with (hopefully) more to come in the series later.
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