Greatwater Lake i was just an only child of the universe, and then i found you

She does not need Aldric to tell her that her words had hurt him to know it, but the reality of it doesn't quite sink in until he speaks. The realization twists her stomach painfully. Her own selfishness strikes her again, and her gaze drops, throat tightening with nausea. This isn't about me. But the reminder doesn't help.
I'm sorry, She buries her face in Aldric's fur abruptly, tears spilling from her as she embraces him. Their sudden, stinging presence only deepens her despair, and it overwhelms her for several moments. I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. For leaving you, for being so selfish - for failing even now. She does not know what to say, how to help, though she desperately wishes for it. Even the strength she knows Aldric has always admired in her seems to be crumbling in the face of a wound far deeper than she'd realized.