[...She's crying. He doesn't like it. Scooting closer, he carefully places a comforting hand on her shoulder.]
I had Martel-- [Except for all those days he had sat all alone in his underground cell, hoping she could visit. Then he hadn't been free for long at all when she told him everything he never wanted to hear, and not long afterward...she vanished. The too familiar aching in his heart. It takes a few seconds for him to realize he's fallen silent.]
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I had Martel-- [Except for all those days he had sat all alone in his underground cell, hoping she could visit. Then he hadn't been free for long at all when she told him everything he never wanted to hear, and not long afterward...she vanished. The too familiar aching in his heart. It takes a few seconds for him to realize he's fallen silent.]
...You didn't mean to.