[She doesn't have to tell him she died. He already knows. He has thought of nothing else in the time since his warden item went cold in his pocket and now. She died. She died.
He glances at the corner when she does but, seeing nothing, his attention does not linger. He tightens his hands on hers.]
I'm here. [The only reply he has to his name; he does not add that she is safe now. He can't promise it, obviously, but he can promise that he is here.
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He glances at the corner when she does but, seeing nothing, his attention does not linger. He tightens his hands on hers.]
I'm here. [The only reply he has to his name; he does not add that she is safe now. He can't promise it, obviously, but he can promise that he is here.
That, and this.] I'm sorry.