[ She knows all too well that there are many ways that Lup could have taken that. Whether she would have accepted it or not, but they would not have come all the way here to this place to bare all if there was the danger that she and Taako would have decided that she was too much trouble, that their lives were complicated enough without her being with them.
That she could no longer be... wanted.
In the end an apology solves nothing; it is only words, and from there forward, only action would matter. If she were capable of learning from her missteps. She was accustomed to a world in which failures were met with harsh punishment, and she had failed here. She has had time to reassess and feel that all too clearly --
But then Lup draws close, quiet, accepting, and she feels something wrench in her, too. A moment or so passes, before equally quiet, she murmurs. ]
no subject
That she could no longer be... wanted.
In the end an apology solves nothing; it is only words, and from there forward, only action would matter. If she were capable of learning from her missteps. She was accustomed to a world in which failures were met with harsh punishment, and she had failed here. She has had time to reassess and feel that all too clearly --
But then Lup draws close, quiet, accepting, and she feels something wrench in her, too. A moment or so passes, before equally quiet, she murmurs. ]
... you deserve better than that, from me.