[ She almost, almost drops her gaze now that those words, stressed and even despite the strain on her throat, are out of her mouth. He really doesn't know. Doesn't have anything remotely close to an inkling of memory or he wouldn't have said the things that he has and she knows. She's figured, but that doesn't make the reality of the situation any less of a throbbing ache threatening to spill from her chest, grip, and shake the rest of her. It's with a weak little squeeze, the barest of assurances before hesitation, that she retracts her hand and wraps her arms around herself and grips her arms tight. She doesn't drop her gaze, but she can't help the slight shake of her head as she speaks, and too quickly with too much emotion. ]
We just left Purg, you and me. It was just us. We were all that was left and the world was crumbling around us, it was dying, Ed. It had been for so long and you, you didn't --
[ She sinks her teeth into her lower lip, tearing her eyes to one side. He said it himself just a moment earlier and she's heard it so many times now in so many words that it comes to her unbidden. Her brows furrow, her shoulders that much more tense as her gaze finds the floor. Her voice is quiet, too quiet when speaks now. ]
I couldn't leave you there to die with that world, Ed. I couldn't.
[ She shakes her head slow with those words and only just manages to lift her eyes to look into gold again. Her voice almost cracks as she searches them. ]
no subject
[ She almost, almost drops her gaze now that those words, stressed and even despite the strain on her throat, are out of her mouth. He really doesn't know. Doesn't have anything remotely close to an inkling of memory or he wouldn't have said the things that he has and she knows. She's figured, but that doesn't make the reality of the situation any less of a throbbing ache threatening to spill from her chest, grip, and shake the rest of her. It's with a weak little squeeze, the barest of assurances before hesitation, that she retracts her hand and wraps her arms around herself and grips her arms tight. She doesn't drop her gaze, but she can't help the slight shake of her head as she speaks, and too quickly with too much emotion. ]
We just left Purg, you and me. It was just us. We were all that was left and the world was crumbling around us, it was dying, Ed. It had been for so long and you, you didn't --
[ She sinks her teeth into her lower lip, tearing her eyes to one side. He said it himself just a moment earlier and she's heard it so many times now in so many words that it comes to her unbidden. Her brows furrow, her shoulders that much more tense as her gaze finds the floor. Her voice is quiet, too quiet when speaks now. ]
I couldn't leave you there to die with that world, Ed. I couldn't.
[ She shakes her head slow with those words and only just manages to lift her eyes to look into gold again. Her voice almost cracks as she searches them. ]
You really don't remember, do you?