[ He doesn't push her away, but he doesn't reel her in, either, just holds as still as he can manage and tries not to outright sob.
This was what it came down to. A simple question and a deferred, but not unknown, answer. Of course he couldn't, didn't, forgive her. Learning of your own death and its betrayal at the hands of your closest kin? It's not bearable except by ignoring the implications, the consequences, of that.
Eventually he leans a head on her arm on one side. ]
I know.
[ That's all he can say, for now, at least addressing the last words she had uttered. ]
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This was what it came down to. A simple question and a deferred, but not unknown, answer. Of course he couldn't, didn't, forgive her. Learning of your own death and its betrayal at the hands of your closest kin? It's not bearable except by ignoring the implications, the consequences, of that.
Eventually he leans a head on her arm on one side. ]
I know.
[ That's all he can say, for now, at least addressing the last words she had uttered. ]