these shallow waters never met what I needed

Vervain

even the darkest night
will end

There isn't any saving Remi, not when he's like this. And perhaps Vai isn't the right person for that job. Perhaps that person is back with Sunjata, for reasons that don't entirely make sense right now and offer more questions than answers. Worse still, Vai knows better than to press further when she might be inadvertently rubbing salt into wounds she doesn't know she's opening. So as Remi speaks so softly and quietly, she gives his shoulders a final squeeze and steps back to let him go.

"I only ever need you to look after yourself, and for you not to be a stranger," she tells him, sweetness in her voice and smile both, even scarred as it is now. "I love you, Remi. Whatever else might be happening in that head of yours, you're still loved. I hope you never doubt that or forget it."

and the sun
will rise