[ Not a convincing response by any means, but it's all she can offer at the moment. He isn't the first to tell her that Valphi's actions are not Ori's doing - that her sister has made those choices of her own will. That it's not as though it had been Ori herself who had summoned a dragon to wreak havoc on Duskvale. She's heard all of this, and she knows all of this, on a logical level.
But still, she can't help but feel like things might have been different if she could have just been more. More present for her sister. Stronger. Wiser. Just more.
Her hand falls away from her chest as she folds her arms instead, hunching her shoulders into herself a bit. Her expression is at once apologetic and sympathetic when she finally looks at him again. ]
I'm sorry. I came here to check on you, and here I am talking about myself instead.
I just wanted you to know... that you're not alone, okay?
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[ Not a convincing response by any means, but it's all she can offer at the moment. He isn't the first to tell her that Valphi's actions are not Ori's doing - that her sister has made those choices of her own will. That it's not as though it had been Ori herself who had summoned a dragon to wreak havoc on Duskvale. She's heard all of this, and she knows all of this, on a logical level.
But still, she can't help but feel like things might have been different if she could have just been more. More present for her sister. Stronger. Wiser. Just more.
Her hand falls away from her chest as she folds her arms instead, hunching her shoulders into herself a bit. Her expression is at once apologetic and sympathetic when she finally looks at him again. ]
I'm sorry. I came here to check on you, and here I am talking about myself instead.
I just wanted you to know... that you're not alone, okay?