[He hunches down, almost resistant for a moment before he leans into it, clutching at the blanket's edge, his body trembling against her as he lets the tears fall. It's pathetic, isn't it? How all he can do is wait and hope for things to get better, stand by uselessly while instead it only gets worse for everyone else. Luna vanished, first Cor and now his father trapped in these strange comas- back home Ignis lost his sight and Prompto separated from them, Gladio absent from their group this whole time-
Who else is he going to fail to protect?]
...I wanted to. I tried... but I'm still too weak. It takes too long. I can't... I can't think of how...
[Just hearing that she'll die almost made him fall apart, that first time. The thought of asking for specifics had made him feel wretched, but no one else even knows. Their future selves were the only witnesses, so... it had to have been him. His failure.]
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Who else is he going to fail to protect?]
...I wanted to. I tried... but I'm still too weak. It takes too long. I can't... I can't think of how...
[Just hearing that she'll die almost made him fall apart, that first time. The thought of asking for specifics had made him feel wretched, but no one else even knows. Their future selves were the only witnesses, so... it had to have been him. His failure.]