[Something about comforting him was making her feel better, making her feel like maybe she wasn't as much of a wreck as she'd thought she was. If she could help him at least this way, she wasn't completely gone yet.]
Shhhh, stop apologizing, [she soothes, letting him take as long as he needed.] You think I'm not upset? We just can't let that defeat us.
[It wasn't until she'd said that that she'd been reminded of it herself, but it was true. It'd always been true.]
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Shhhh, stop apologizing, [she soothes, letting him take as long as he needed.] You think I'm not upset? We just can't let that defeat us.
[It wasn't until she'd said that that she'd been reminded of it herself, but it was true. It'd always been true.]