[ That's so unbelievably cruel. Who would do such a thing?
He grips the fabric of her shirt. Is any part of her clothing still bloodied, by the way? ]
None of us should have. [ There's a very clear anger in his voice, sadness giving way to frustration. ] You— tried so hard to save us, Shenhe. You even.
[oh, yeah, like. all of it is still bloodied, she never bothered to change out of her clothes. she doesn't seem to mind him holding on, though.]
... You didn't waste it. [she says, after a moment.]
I don't want you to be like me. [she doesn't want him to have killed someone to save the world. that's too much.] It was too late. I had already ruined things. There was no going back.
[a pause.]
You were the only reason that I didn't slaughter everyone in the area, Rin. You did enough.
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[she says, after a moment.]
I saw Nahri. Wolfwood. They were children. I wanted to save them. [she brings a hand up, absently, and runs her fingers through his hair.] I didn't.
[...] You shouldn't have had to even consider it.
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He grips the fabric of her shirt. Is any part of her clothing still bloodied, by the way? ]
None of us should have. [ There's a very clear anger in his voice, sadness giving way to frustration. ] You— tried so hard to save us, Shenhe. You even.
[ killed the people you love. ]
But I. I wasted your sacrifice.
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... You didn't waste it. [she says, after a moment.]
I don't want you to be like me. [she doesn't want him to have killed someone to save the world. that's too much.] It was too late. I had already ruined things. There was no going back.
[a pause.]
You were the only reason that I didn't slaughter everyone in the area, Rin. You did enough.
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He feels some of the tightness in his chest ease when she tells him he did enough, a tide of relief that he just barely holds back. ]
... We were set up to do the impossible.
[ It's easier to direct his anger at the situation than himself when Shenhe is on the line, an irritated growl permeating his words. ]
If you ruined the mission, it was because you have a good heart. I know it.
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[she says, softer. she shifts a hand up to tuck his hair behind his ear, without dislodging him.]
You are a good person. You have been from the first day I met you. [...] We will both have to remember that.