[ whatever absolution she'd hoped to find, alina finds only hollow affirmations and utter lack of recognition in his face. he says the words, but β but he doesn't know what she is to him. what they are to each other.
nothing that he could say would mean enough, she realizes. because it's not him. not entirely him, at least. she lowers her head. ]
You don't have to say anything. I ... I just needed to tell you. I needed you to hear it from me. Maybe that's selfish.
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nothing that he could say would mean enough, she realizes. because it's not him. not entirely him, at least. she lowers her head. ]
You don't have to say anything. I ... I just needed to tell you. I needed you to hear it from me. Maybe that's selfish.