[ It's hard, being powerful. It's difficult, feeling helpless. It's terrible, not knowing whether you'll live or die. It's even worse, knowing people expect your death. ]
[For a moment, he's still and quiet. But then he shifts forward, reaching out, pulling her into a delicate and careful hug - and brief one, because there is work to be done and no time to waste, but... It's the best way he knows to convey everything he can't say. Ah, this place is cruel. What a cruel and unhappy parting, too. But...]
...I'm glad I met you, too.
[To be glad to each other and not this place - he can do that. Especially now, when it has taken so much from them all.
He moves to stand from the bed after that, though he'll be back soon. Quietly:]
Thank you for letting me see the you behind the walls, even just a little. Every part of you that I got to know here is something precious, no matter what it was.
[Precious, perfectly flawed humans.
And with that, he sweeps away to collect what he'll need to potentially send her off with.]
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[ It's hard, being powerful. It's difficult, feeling helpless. It's terrible, not knowing whether you'll live or die. It's even worse, knowing people expect your death. ]
I'm glad I met you.
[ She can no longer say she will still be here. ]
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...I'm glad I met you, too.
[To be glad to each other and not this place - he can do that. Especially now, when it has taken so much from them all.
He moves to stand from the bed after that, though he'll be back soon. Quietly:]
Thank you for letting me see the you behind the walls, even just a little. Every part of you that I got to know here is something precious, no matter what it was.
[Precious, perfectly flawed humans.
And with that, he sweeps away to collect what he'll need to potentially send her off with.]