[ She sets her tea down before she accidentally spills it in her distress. Grips her knobbly knees, half-wooden and so close to reverting fully back into their complicated root system. Frustrating to deal with, but at least more complete than the half-changes of the fog caves. ]
Just because it was hard doesn't mean I couldn't have done it. The caves... s-sucked, but... th-that doesn't mean I couldn't have gone back. And I should have. I could have helped, somehow...
[ She buries her face in her hands, miserably. She doesn't even know that her friends are upset with her; but she sees what they've done, and she sees just how far she's come short of what she holds dear - the ability to protect as many of the people that she cares about as she can. No, instead she sat by and waited, and it's eating her up inside. ]
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Date: 2022-12-16 10:09 am (UTC)[ She sets her tea down before she accidentally spills it in her distress. Grips her knobbly knees, half-wooden and so close to reverting fully back into their complicated root system. Frustrating to deal with, but at least more complete than the half-changes of the fog caves. ]
Just because it was hard doesn't mean I couldn't have done it. The caves... s-sucked, but... th-that doesn't mean I couldn't have gone back. And I should have. I could have helped, somehow...
[ She buries her face in her hands, miserably. She doesn't even know that her friends are upset with her; but she sees what they've done, and she sees just how far she's come short of what she holds dear - the ability to protect as many of the people that she cares about as she can. No, instead she sat by and waited, and it's eating her up inside. ]