[She returns the grip with a calm strength of her own, providing support and grounding against the weight of memories. It's a familiar story, sad as she is to say it. It had played out thousands of times, and would thousands of times again. Because of her choices, at that.]
[She's not the right person to help him -- but she's here, which makes her the only one who can help him.]
How long ago was this?
[Not forgotten is his reminder that this isn't the full story. She believes she may have some grasp on what he leaves out, but she will not mention her ideas. Either she is wrong, or she is right, and both are terrible.]
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[She's not the right person to help him -- but she's here, which makes her the only one who can help him.]
How long ago was this?
[Not forgotten is his reminder that this isn't the full story. She believes she may have some grasp on what he leaves out, but she will not mention her ideas. Either she is wrong, or she is right, and both are terrible.]