This is a scene from my novel, The Afflicted (available here). Unfortunately, I can't really the context because, you know, spoilers. People who've read it should be able to recognize it, though!
This is ... there are several, of course, but this is one of my favorite moments in the novel, and Celia did an excellent job capturing it. Girard really is at his most pitiable right here.
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Aww, there's something so...affecting, about seeing what's normally a powerful predator reduced to weeping