It's only text, but she can hear it. She knows how it would sound coming from the timbre of his voice. He'd already said it before and she wouldn't hear of it then. She doesn't want to hear of it now.
She's the one who failed him. Couldn't stop him. Couldn't get through to him. Had to hurt him intensely and it still didn't even do anything. She's also the one who just had an incredibly vulnerable and open involuntary confession to the murder of families and children and other awful things and he's the one apologising.
And to top it all offโ]
You do not need to say that to me. You never needed to. I would have done anything for either of you.
[Which is telling. Ordinarily, she would never admit to that. She doesn't feel great admitting to that now, but it is what it is.]
Going forward, all any of us can ever ask of you is that you remember we are here. You may not want that. You may not need that. But that is the way it is. You need not face these things on your own.
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It's only text, but she can hear it. She knows how it would sound coming from the timbre of his voice. He'd already said it before and she wouldn't hear of it then. She doesn't want to hear of it now.
She's the one who failed him. Couldn't stop him. Couldn't get through to him. Had to hurt him intensely and it still didn't even do anything. She's also the one who just had an incredibly vulnerable and open involuntary confession to the murder of families and children and other awful things and he's the one apologising.
And to top it all offโ]
You do not need to say that to me. You never needed to. I would have done anything for either of you.
[Which is telling. Ordinarily, she would never admit to that. She doesn't feel great admitting to that now, but it is what it is.]
Going forward, all any of us can ever ask of you is that you remember we are here. You may not want that. You may not need that. But that is the way it is. You need not face these things on your own.
[Pot. Meet Kettle.]