[Her fingers continue to move in gentle, soothing movements over the lines of his face, the other over the back of his hand, while she listens to him carefully, her expression tightening the more he tells her.]

She had tried... but something was off. I only wish I had realized what it was sooner... that I had listened to my instincts.

[She is going to blame herself for that in the many days, weeks, months to come. It likely could have been avoided or fixed sooner before they had to go through all of that if she had.]

It was not just you that she had tried to act like, either...