❝ for every person i saved, two more were cut down. i failed them. ❞
Her grip is firm, having transferred its attention from a tome of all things arcane to his jaw, as though to make sure that he meets her gaze. ❛ Listen to me, Arthur –– –– –– I will not let you think or believe that, for there’s no truth in it, NONE whatsoever. You saved so many people . . . so many lives. It’s not your fault that some people didn’t make it, and you cannot blame yourself for that. ❜
❛ The only way you’ll be failing them is if you allow their deaths to deter you from continuing the FIGHT. ❜ Resolution overwhelms her tone, eyes alight with only the purest love for her husband. It pains her to see him think like this, to think such LIES, but there’s nothing more she can do than convince him otherwise, convince him to persevere, and stay right his side.
