Northstar Vale a grin as sharp as a knife (mtr.)

thoughts, ever lingering and wondering, cannot help but ask the unspoken question if she thinks herself worthy of that kind of affection — of love. her romantic history ( at least the most recent ) is largely known to him but it is obvious enough that she has had her heart torn apart and stepped on as if it were of so little importance. the women that he had loved in his life: lotte, his mitten twin, relmyna ...they were loved in differing ways and yet he could never imagine purposefully hurting any of them.

melkor could not imagine hurting the fey queen before him.

it would be a lie to claim that i do, he answers in a heavy sigh; and hadn't she just asked for honesty? i can't claim that i'm worthy of anything, in truth. he had his own fair share of mistakes. but that wouldn't stop me from trying to spend every breath trying to be worthy. if he's learnt anything from relmyna's death and the resulting break of his heart: it was to not take for granted.