A spoonful of sugar

She's imperfect, but she tries She is good, but she lies She is hard on herself She is broken and won't ask for help "You're welcome." If he at least feels less responsible, it's a small victory for the girl. The girl who is a hypocrite - because none of her guilt is alleviated, none of her sense of responsibility lessened by the conversation. But she knows, abstractly, that it's right. Ronin's actions were not her fault. The creature that attacked, Aoife's death, the Shrine... none of that was her fault. She did everything she could to make it better. Shouldn't that be enough? "Thank you... thank you for coming to visit me." Amalia turns to him again, dark eyes finally recapturing his blue. "I'm sorry for... well. You know. Everything." A sigh is offset with a smile, wry and weary, the best she can do. She's sorry for not being stronger, being better, being the girl he wants her to be. The girl she wants herself to be, so she can be enough for him. a m a l i a She is messy, but she's kind She is lonely most of the time She is all of this mixed up and baked in a beautiful pie She is gone, but she used to be mine