[His heart wavers and his breath catches in his throat as he listens to her, and unable to just stay back the way he is, he sits up so he can better reach her.]
I never did. I couldn't.
[Maybe he had given up on mending their relationship, but on wanting to save her—that never changed. Whether they were together or not, as long as she could live in that world, that was enough.
That was how deeply she had ingrained herself into him. How deeply she moved him and made him want to do something more. The small pebble that rolled down the hill and knocked everything else into place.]
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I never did. I couldn't.
[Maybe he had given up on mending their relationship, but on wanting to save her—that never changed. Whether they were together or not, as long as she could live in that world, that was enough.
That was how deeply she had ingrained herself into him. How deeply she moved him and made him want to do something more. The small pebble that rolled down the hill and knocked everything else into place.]