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“I have warned you, if something happens to you, I will personally raze the Eternal Flame. That isn’t a threat. It is a promise.
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She couldn’t fix herself anymore, and no one else seemed inclined to even notice she was breaking.
“You are not expendable. You don’t get to push everyone away so that they’ll feel comfortable using you and letting you die.”
“You are not replaceable,”
You are allowed to be important to people. The reason I’m here—the reason I’m doing any of this—is to keep you alive.
“I should have known—the moment I looked into your eyes,
“You can tell me. I’ll help you carry it.”
“Being alive is not the same as living. I hope someday you’ll have a chance to realise the difference.”
“I think your scars are prettier than mine,”
You might realise you want other things once you have real choices—”
He’d loved her, even though he never expected them to be anything but doomed.
“Always. Well, if you don’t want that promise in full any longer, I’ll give it to you in increments.”
“Every day. I’ll choose you. That way you’ll know it’s still what I want.”
