[Claude watches her go, and doesn't try to stop her. Even if he won't regret this, was it a mistake? He had just wanted her to know, even if it was one-sided, even if she refused to accept this was the end, that she wasn't alone. That someone cared about her, and she could have the affection and companionship she craved if she just reached out to accept it. In the end, she had chosen to be alone anyway.
Maybe he should have just kept his mouth shut. He doesn't chase after, sinking to the floor of the tunnel instead, drawing his knees up to his chest, caught by a paralysing feeling of grief. Byleth was gone, subsumed by Sothis. An old friend had turned into a wild beast, Dimitri maddened with the strain of their circumstances. And now he had scared away Hayame, the last person he had left to turn to, all because he couldn't keep his feelings in check.]
I'm sorry. [He mutters it under his breath, even after the sound of hooves have long receded.]
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Maybe he should have just kept his mouth shut. He doesn't chase after, sinking to the floor of the tunnel instead, drawing his knees up to his chest, caught by a paralysing feeling of grief. Byleth was gone, subsumed by Sothis. An old friend had turned into a wild beast, Dimitri maddened with the strain of their circumstances. And now he had scared away Hayame, the last person he had left to turn to, all because he couldn't keep his feelings in check.]
I'm sorry. [He mutters it under his breath, even after the sound of hooves have long receded.]