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[confiteor]

 Mun, I thought you'd forgotten...?

I don't think---no, I'd rather not altogether, you have way too much on your plate already, and---

Wait, where are you going!? What are you---

There's no convincing you, is there?

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[sahl]

We could all benefit from seeing you more often.

[confiteor]

[ be steady his heart, this is the reason he sticks around. ]

I could say the very same thing for you.

[sahl]

Perhaps if I continue to find you here like this, then, you shall. There we are, then: each other's solution.

[confiteor]

[ What a different person he is in front of her. ]

Is my lack of company a problem that needs solving?

[ He wants to be flattered, he really does. ]

You're too kind.

[sahl]

You know I worry.

[ she reaches up, brushing his hair back, cupping his jaw. ]

Don't be silly. I've missed you.

[confiteor]

[ Rather shyly, his hand engulfs hers. No, he can't look at her, not straight in the eye. ]

I...missed you too.

[ Every day, every hour, every minute. ]

[sahl]

[ her expression softens sadly. ] .. I know. Please forgive me for leaving you. In the end, though..

[ in the end, he's a better person for it. she hates, though, how he's suffered. ]

I do like your friends, Abel. The few I've met, anyway. I'm so happy to know that you have people that love you.

[confiteor]

[ his lip quivers in discontent. ]

Lilith, please---[ He holds her hand to his face, knees buckling underneath him, bringing him to kneel. ]

Forgive me. Had I only---If I---

[ The words aren't coming. ]

Please.

[sahl]

Oh, Abel. [ she curls both arms around him, drawing him close and sliding her fingers into his hair, stroking tenderly. ] There is nothing for me to forgive. You had no way to know.

[ she leans down to press a kiss to the top of his head, eyes sliding shut. ]

You've suffered long enough for something that was never your fault.

[confiteor]

[ He shakes his head slightly, before leaning it into her. He's quiet, his voice gravelly and laden with regret. ]

But I should've known, I should've---

[ His hands are left unoccupied, gently hovering above her shoulders as though he is unworthy to touch her. ]

Please, please, forgive me, I should never have asked, but if there's anyone who can...