[He doesn't answer. They could argue back and forth for a while, but he doesn't have the energy, or the mental willpower to push back in a coherent or logical way. It's how he feels, and she can't change his feelings, no matter how she tries. Her encouragement helps, and he's not stupid, he isn't going to bear the full blame for something that couldn't be prevented. It wasn't necessarily wrong for him to want to handle all of this on his own, or to want to have full agency of his own mind, rather than being tethered by her crystal- because he trusts her, and doesn't resent what's been done to him, but it was a last resort done in an emergency, and that isn't fair to either of them. The gods aren't fair. It's mostly their fault. Mostly.
Rather than answering, he closes his eyes for a long moment, quietly mustering his energy, then shifts his hands down to the grass, bending his elbows to try and prop himself upright.]
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Rather than answering, he closes his eyes for a long moment, quietly mustering his energy, then shifts his hands down to the grass, bending his elbows to try and prop himself upright.]
Help me up...