Don't-- [Glimpsing the emptiness of her eye socket gives him pause, but it only makes him want to help all the more. She's been through so much, and as he'd seen before when she was Blighted, she would keep pushing her body to the brink of ruin if it would get her what she wanted. She would keep escalating a vicious cycle if she was so desperate to assail everyone who wronged her, in turn making herself even more of a target, if it means Meridian will win.
And she insisted on doing all of this alone. He can't just stand by and watch like it doesn't affect him any longer. He takes one of her hands, tear streaked now, holds it tightly in both of his with a renewed urgency.]
Don't decide what you deserve until this is over. You're still fighting to fix things! And fighting harder than anyone else here. If you survive, I know you can still make amends.
[She can still have that peaceful life she wanted, as long as she's willing to accept it. With all the small pieces of the picture he's putting together, he firmly believes that.]
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And she insisted on doing all of this alone. He can't just stand by and watch like it doesn't affect him any longer. He takes one of her hands, tear streaked now, holds it tightly in both of his with a renewed urgency.]
Don't decide what you deserve until this is over. You're still fighting to fix things! And fighting harder than anyone else here. If you survive, I know you can still make amends.
[She can still have that peaceful life she wanted, as long as she's willing to accept it. With all the small pieces of the picture he's putting together, he firmly believes that.]