[His reply is instant as he turns to her properly, everything around them frozen. Which is good; this means he can do what he really wanted to from the start.
He can focus on helping Sakura.]
You're in so much pain... I could see that the second I saw you. But I don't know how to help take it away.
[Is it something that could ever fade, after all she's been through? Or is it something that has to be endured, for years and years, always, always haunting her?]
If you focus it all on me instead, will that make you feel better?
If I could understand it properly, could I help you feel better?
[Maybe it would break his spirit. Maybe he'd never recover, either. But then at least, there would be two of them, wouldn't there?]
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[His reply is instant as he turns to her properly, everything around them frozen. Which is good; this means he can do what he really wanted to from the start.
He can focus on helping Sakura.]
You're in so much pain... I could see that the second I saw you. But I don't know how to help take it away.
[Is it something that could ever fade, after all she's been through? Or is it something that has to be endured, for years and years, always, always haunting her?]
If you focus it all on me instead, will that make you feel better?
If I could understand it properly, could I help you feel better?
[Maybe it would break his spirit. Maybe he'd never recover, either. But then at least, there would be two of them, wouldn't there?]