[Even this feels nice to hear when compared to enduring, eternal resentment, but Andrew shakes her head, which G'raha might be able to feel somewhere next to his ear, given how she has to bend for the hug.
It was. Yet, when she goes to speak more about it... Her shaking hands slip off his shoulders and gather in front of her.]
It's nothing. I just wish I had been able to protect you. [And that... is very unpleasant to voice. She feels this for both of them, even - Sariel is so innocent to Andrew no matter how old he is or what he is. He made the mistake of being fooled by false kindness.]
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It was. Yet, when she goes to speak more about it... Her shaking hands slip off his shoulders and gather in front of her.]
It's nothing. I just wish I had been able to protect you. [And that... is very unpleasant to voice. She feels this for both of them, even - Sariel is so innocent to Andrew no matter how old he is or what he is. He made the mistake of being fooled by false kindness.]
I want them dead, but you don't, do you?