[ In the end, Gray doesn't consider it her role to pass judgment on these anomalous Shards, good or bad. If Rin wants to destroy her Shard, then so be it.
Still, Gray can't help imagining who this other Rin might be. A Rin of a slightly different timeline, perhaps even a student of the El-Melloi Classroom already — important to the people there, including that Gray, including her mentor. For a moment, D will feel a rare twitch of impulsiveness in Gray to close her hand and withdraw, gently defiant.
Just as gently, D's hand on her palm bars her any further thought, like a barrier at a railroad crossing. His concern wiggles through to her, and then his offer. It feels cowardly, surrendering this Shard to D to let him do the hard part — even if he may not struggle with it in the same way. But Gray knows she doesn't have the heart in the moment to do the deed, and speed is what Rin is looking for. ]
... I'm sorry.
[ She could be speaking to D, Rin, or the Shard. Whatever the case, she waits with a lowered gaze for D to take it. ]
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Still, Gray can't help imagining who this other Rin might be. A Rin of a slightly different timeline, perhaps even a student of the El-Melloi Classroom already — important to the people there, including that Gray, including her mentor. For a moment, D will feel a rare twitch of impulsiveness in Gray to close her hand and withdraw, gently defiant.
Just as gently, D's hand on her palm bars her any further thought, like a barrier at a railroad crossing. His concern wiggles through to her, and then his offer. It feels cowardly, surrendering this Shard to D to let him do the hard part — even if he may not struggle with it in the same way. But Gray knows she doesn't have the heart in the moment to do the deed, and speed is what Rin is looking for. ]
... I'm sorry.
[ She could be speaking to D, Rin, or the Shard. Whatever the case, she waits with a lowered gaze for D to take it. ]