( Him, this mess, the things Asteria has made of him, the mess he would have been regardless. They don't deserve nightmares. ) N-not even you.
( Because she keeps him close, and surely it would have been better for her if she'd just cut him lose in the beginning, if she'd never picked up the useless vigilante who is so broken and so incapable of all things. )
M-maybe I should g-go.
( Liberate her, give her relief from all this, from him. He's taking a second, with the way his head hurts, before he forces himself to his feet. )
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( Him, this mess, the things Asteria has made of him, the mess he would have been regardless. They don't deserve nightmares. ) N-not even you.
( Because she keeps him close, and surely it would have been better for her if she'd just cut him lose in the beginning, if she'd never picked up the useless vigilante who is so broken and so incapable of all things. )
M-maybe I should g-go.
( Liberate her, give her relief from all this, from him. He's taking a second, with the way his head hurts, before he forces himself to his feet. )