[What is that like? Not regretting weakness such as the one he had bared to her just now? Hayame cannot even begin to imagine it, and yet... Something about the defeated look on his face then makes her chest ache. It must just be the burn of shame she should feel to be the recipient of such a desperate confession, it must have nothing to do with him-
She should have nothing to do with such a man, (a human, a liar), what is she doing-
Her fingers spasm closed around nothing, into the same shape her hands had taken when they'd clutched his shard. If she had it when he'd said what he did, she would... she would know- But she shouldn't want to know. And even if he was telling the truth and he felt those things... What should it matter to her? She is a warrior, nothing else, and warriors- Her hooves shuffle anxiously in the dirt and roots, she backs away one, two, three steps from him. He won't regret it?]
You will-
[Her brother had tried to support her, and now he would be tainted as kin to a traitor. Matsukaze had tried to reach out to her, and she had brought ruin to that village and possible death and enslavement to his family. Everyone she let close-
Hayame hurriedly wipes the last tears from her face and turns to flee, hoofbeats echoing through the tunnel until they disappear into the dark.]
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She should have nothing to do with such a man, (a human, a liar), what is she doing-
Her fingers spasm closed around nothing, into the same shape her hands had taken when they'd clutched his shard. If she had it when he'd said what he did, she would... she would know- But she shouldn't want to know. And even if he was telling the truth and he felt those things... What should it matter to her? She is a warrior, nothing else, and warriors- Her hooves shuffle anxiously in the dirt and roots, she backs away one, two, three steps from him. He won't regret it?]
You will-
[Her brother had tried to support her, and now he would be tainted as kin to a traitor. Matsukaze had tried to reach out to her, and she had brought ruin to that village and possible death and enslavement to his family. Everyone she let close-
Hayame hurriedly wipes the last tears from her face and turns to flee, hoofbeats echoing through the tunnel until they disappear into the dark.]