[Albert closes his eyes for a moment, leaning into the touch.]
And I know he needs time. I've given him that without question. It doesn't make me feel any less like I've ripped my own heart out and run it through.
[Even Albert's idealistic side knows this will pass, and that whatever will be will be, but he wishes accepting it didn't feel lile admitting defeat. Then again, he knows he doesn't have the capacity for love that someone who isn't a monster might have. He'll always have his past lurking, waiting for him to have a need to kill again.
Looking to Ignis again, he gently pulls the hand from his cheek and takes it into his own.]
If I could merely think myself out of sorrow, I never would have shed a drop of blood in my life. So I suppose I need my own time to come to terms with the consequences of my actions, too. At any rate, I'm terribly sorry for worrying you. I'll recover, and I haven't lost everything. I still have a lot of work to do here.
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[Albert closes his eyes for a moment, leaning into the touch.]
And I know he needs time. I've given him that without question. It doesn't make me feel any less like I've ripped my own heart out and run it through.
[Even Albert's idealistic side knows this will pass, and that whatever will be will be, but he wishes accepting it didn't feel lile admitting defeat. Then again, he knows he doesn't have the capacity for love that someone who isn't a monster might have. He'll always have his past lurking, waiting for him to have a need to kill again.
Looking to Ignis again, he gently pulls the hand from his cheek and takes it into his own.]
If I could merely think myself out of sorrow, I never would have shed a drop of blood in my life. So I suppose I need my own time to come to terms with the consequences of my actions, too. At any rate, I'm terribly sorry for worrying you. I'll recover, and I haven't lost everything. I still have a lot of work to do here.