[When he looks at her, he'll meet her eyes, freshly heartbroken. Perhaps if she had realized sooner, they could have avoided so much pain. She could have simply helped him open up, and they would have reached this point without all the struggle along the way.]
[But it's not in her nature, really, to dwell upon those regrets. If things could change, it would only be by looking forward, at the future still unwritten. At moments like these, which could help them reach it.]
I understand, Darin. That's why I don't begrudge anything you've done, no matter how it may have turned out. After all, cruelty is born from pain — you didn't deserve to be treated the way I treated you, either. You didn't deserve to feel like that...
I don't want you to feel like that, anymore. Not merely out of penance, but because...
It hurts me to know you were hurting. And making you happy makes me happy.
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[When he looks at her, he'll meet her eyes, freshly heartbroken. Perhaps if she had realized sooner, they could have avoided so much pain. She could have simply helped him open up, and they would have reached this point without all the struggle along the way.]
[But it's not in her nature, really, to dwell upon those regrets. If things could change, it would only be by looking forward, at the future still unwritten. At moments like these, which could help them reach it.]
I understand, Darin. That's why I don't begrudge anything you've done, no matter how it may have turned out. After all, cruelty is born from pain — you didn't deserve to be treated the way I treated you, either. You didn't deserve to feel like that...
I don't want you to feel like that, anymore. Not merely out of penance, but because...
It hurts me to know you were hurting. And making you happy makes me happy.