[ It's too much, and she should probably let those words settle and land before trying to say something, but she can't. Her own voice feathery and thin, her gazes lowers and focuses on nothing at all. There is some hesitance there, like perhaps she should leave it like that... but she can't. To say something wholly undeserved, let alone to believe his own words, she can't stay quiet.
And it begins to spill out then, more of that light that remains unfettered along with her words. Her fingers clenching around his as she wills them not to shake, she takes a somewhat ragged breath. ]
If I had known what that was... if I had been better prepared, then you...
[ Her voice shaky, it's clear from her cadence that she isn't at all certain, but that this has to be said. She should have known. She should have been better prepared. That this would not have happened otherwise. That's why she's apologizing. But what's more— ]
...I can't do anything. I can't do anything for you, I can't help you even if I want to so badly. I want to make this better, but I don't know how... and I'm sorry... I'm so sorry...
[2/2]
[ It's too much, and she should probably let those words settle and land before trying to say something, but she can't. Her own voice feathery and thin, her gazes lowers and focuses on nothing at all. There is some hesitance there, like perhaps she should leave it like that... but she can't. To say something wholly undeserved, let alone to believe his own words, she can't stay quiet.
And it begins to spill out then, more of that light that remains unfettered along with her words. Her fingers clenching around his as she wills them not to shake, she takes a somewhat ragged breath. ]
If I had known what that was... if I had been better prepared, then you...
[ Her voice shaky, it's clear from her cadence that she isn't at all certain, but that this has to be said. She should have known. She should have been better prepared. That this would not have happened otherwise. That's why she's apologizing. But what's more— ]
...I can't do anything. I can't do anything for you, I can't help you even if I want to so badly. I want to make this better, but I don't know how... and I'm sorry... I'm so sorry...