Hadn't she only just been defending Krieg to Armin? Only a few minutes prior, she'd been so confident in his mental state, convinced that he'd kept soldiering on not because of her Pokemon, but because he'd found the strength to do it himself.
To hear that his grip was far more tenuous than she'd believed knocks the wind from her lungs. Once more, guilt washes over her, the tide far stronger than it had been before. It makes her eyes burn anew, but it also manages to help her muster the strength to bite them back. Crying over it would only make him feel guiltier.]
I'm glad they went to you then. [Her voice is far softer, and she doesn't follow it up with anything. Nothing she could say would take away the pain he'd gone through, would it?]
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Hadn't she only just been defending Krieg to Armin? Only a few minutes prior, she'd been so confident in his mental state, convinced that he'd kept soldiering on not because of her Pokemon, but because he'd found the strength to do it himself.
To hear that his grip was far more tenuous than she'd believed knocks the wind from her lungs. Once more, guilt washes over her, the tide far stronger than it had been before. It makes her eyes burn anew, but it also manages to help her muster the strength to bite them back. Crying over it would only make him feel guiltier.]
I'm glad they went to you then. [Her voice is far softer, and she doesn't follow it up with anything. Nothing she could say would take away the pain he'd gone through, would it?]