[Litchi is silent for a moment, shoulders tense as she keeps trying to fight down tears. It makes sense. Of course it does. But his words are fighting against the major part of her that's been stubbornly clinging to the idea of somehow getting things back to the way they were before.
And what's the point, Litchi? Even if you do get home again, even if you do find him and cure him, if this pattern keeps up you'll just end up right back in Luceti and none of it will have mattered...
After a couple false starts -- and Lao Jiu nuzzling her neck in an additional show of support -- Litchi gives a weak, mirthless laugh and absently wipes a tear away from under her glasses.]
I... I'm sorry, David. It's selfish, I know. B-But I...
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And what's the point, Litchi? Even if you do get home again, even if you do find him and cure him, if this pattern keeps up you'll just end up right back in Luceti and none of it will have mattered...
After a couple false starts -- and Lao Jiu nuzzling her neck in an additional show of support -- Litchi gives a weak, mirthless laugh and absently wipes a tear away from under her glasses.]
I... I'm sorry, David. It's selfish, I know. B-But I...
[I'm just so scared.]