@raginxtempestas continued from [ here ]
She could feel her soul clenching in on itself at the sight of his tears -- why? Why would someone as great and wonderful as Samael cry in the face of a worthless human, like her? For only a split second does her mind dream up the idea that those tears might be for her, but such a fantasy sickens her, and she dashes it away. Could she really be so selfish as to believe such a thing?
If he were crying due to the pain she’d caused him -- would’t that make more sense? She’d become friends with them, over the years (or was that, too, something far more ambitious than a lowly human like herself should think?), but then one day, she’d fought with him -- she’d upset him. The next day, she died. While she originally believed he would have been relieved over this fact, and that she’d caused him to hate her before that fateful day, seeing him shed these tears brought her to disregard that conclusion.
It takes her a moment to find her words -- and to get them past the lump that formed in her throat.
She’s able to make eye contact for only a moment, before her brow creases and her gaze shifts more to the ground..to her feet. She didn’t deserve to see his tears, his face -- she didn’t deserve to be in his presence, at all. Still, she attempts to find her words, or any words at all -- an explanation, perhaps? An apology would be pointless, and yet, in the meekest voice, she musters a single, soft,