"IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ME" PROMPTS
* assorted dialogue for that deep regret you feel when you should have been there instead of them, and now they're gone and you're still here and full of guilt, adjust and change pronouns as necessary
i should have been there to help them.
i promised i'd look out for them, and i wasn't there.
they needed me, and i turned my back on them.
why didn't they take me instead?
it's all my fault they're gone.
i'm not giving up until i save them.
there has to be a way to reverse the curse.
i'm not giving up on them now.
i knew this was a mistake from the start.
i should have done more to stop it.
there was nothing you could do.
it's over. it's in the past.
we weren't prepared for this.
i don't know what i'll do without them.
they wouldn't want you to be upset over this.
it's time for us to move on.
they said they'd take me instead.
this can't be all there is.
i'm not okay. i'll never be okay.
why didn't they listen to me?
every time i close my eyes, i see their face.
that should have been me down there.
i'm the one at fault here.
what if they die because of me?
they never should have taken my place.
maybe if i'd done things differently, they'd still be here.
i should be dead right now.
i don't deserve their sacrifice.
we were at the wrong place at the wrong time.
i can't do this without them.
they blame me, don't they?
maybe i should have stayed back.
the guilt's going to eat me alive.
i went back on my promise.
you can't dwell on your mistakes.
we'll find a way to break the curse.
how much time do we have to stop it?
i can't live with myself.
i never wanted this to happen.
can't they take me instead?
this isn't what i wanted.
i'm sorry. they didn't make it.
they sacrificed themselves to save me.
this shatters me more than you think.
i tried everything i could to stop it.
i was going to sacrifice myself.
why did you let this happen?