[He can hear her stepping away. It hurts, but he doesn't blame her. Though what's all this babbling about. She's being an idiot again.]
... Not your fault, stupid. It's mine. [It would have happened even had she stayed. Her going away to the Academy had nothing to do with it.
[His face softens into something like relief when she approaches him again. She's staying? All this time, he's kept that from her, subconsciously fearing she'd run away like everyone else if she'd known. And now she knows. And she's staying.]
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... Not your fault, stupid. It's mine. [It would have happened even had she stayed. Her going away to the Academy had nothing to do with it.
[His face softens into something like relief when she approaches him again. She's staying? All this time, he's kept that from her, subconsciously fearing she'd run away like everyone else if she'd known. And now she knows. And she's staying.]