[ Listen to herself, trust herself on this? But Noctis, Noctis--
Her head snaps up, and she looks at him partly bewildered, partly distressed.
"Noctis needs your help."
She wants to help him, she wants to defend him, she wants to lift him back up and undo the damage done, and she wants him encourage him in a way that he can protect himself from being hurt. But the situation is complicated and messy, and Pyra blames herself for being at--- well, if not the center of it, then somehow the unsuspecting instigator of it. ] I--... love him, Tony. [ She confesses, voice tremulous. ] I love him, I want him to be safe and not hurt by whomever he chooses.
[ But it has to be his choice. She can't make him choose, and she cannot choose for him, but she can see when he is being hurt, so she's left--... helpless, or close enough to feeling like helpless as she watches him suffer. Hugging him, holding him, encouraging him, she can do all of that, but in the moment-- in those moments where she's watching him in pain-- her heart aches. She wishes she were better at caring for him.
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Her head snaps up, and she looks at him partly bewildered, partly distressed.
"Noctis needs your help."
She wants to help him, she wants to defend him, she wants to lift him back up and undo the damage done, and she wants him encourage him in a way that he can protect himself from being hurt. But the situation is complicated and messy, and Pyra blames herself for being at--- well, if not the center of it, then somehow the unsuspecting instigator of it. ] I--... love him, Tony. [ She confesses, voice tremulous. ] I love him, I want him to be safe and not hurt by whomever he chooses.
[ But it has to be his choice. She can't make him choose, and she cannot choose for him, but she can see when he is being hurt, so she's left--... helpless, or close enough to feeling like helpless as she watches him suffer. Hugging him, holding him, encouraging him, she can do all of that, but in the moment-- in those moments where she's watching him in pain-- her heart aches. She wishes she were better at caring for him.
What is she to do? ]