[ Of course she would. That's the problem. He swallows down the reply on the tip of his tongue, though maybe it says enough that he doesn't answer.
Instead, he replies, ] We all did. You cracked a shrine.
[ He makes no mention of what happened when she disappeared. What he felt. What he did. She doesn't need to know.
He's afraid for her. That's what it comes down to. He's afraid of the reason she doesn't trust him right now, he's afraid of what else she will do to get them out of here. And the thing is, he needn't imagine what it is to lose her. He already has once. Long before she arrived in this world, when she was a shadowy figment made too real in the Horizon, a fixture of a life that wasn't really his.
He can't do it again. The thought of it freezes him cold. ]
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Instead, he replies, ] We all did. You cracked a shrine.
[ He makes no mention of what happened when she disappeared. What he felt. What he did. She doesn't need to know.
He's afraid for her. That's what it comes down to. He's afraid of the reason she doesn't trust him right now, he's afraid of what else she will do to get them out of here. And the thing is, he needn't imagine what it is to lose her. He already has once. Long before she arrived in this world, when she was a shadowy figment made too real in the Horizon, a fixture of a life that wasn't really his.
He can't do it again. The thought of it freezes him cold. ]