Neverwinter Forest I hear they're calling my name

His tongue flicked out to kiss the top of her head as he'd done before, then sort of tipped his head to keep her close. He was a wolf who loved contact, but so rarely had a chance for it. If again it helped them both, he was all for it. Time helps with some of it. You'll know you can get through. And I found having people who are there for you helps too. When I was on my own, things were awful and always seemed to get worse. People left, for reasons good and bad, and he didn't miss all of them... But some he did. It wasn't quite the same for me, but Ceilidh was the first who made me realize I could maybe be happy. But it was a long time after -- when I had you and some of the others behind me -- before I felt I deserved it.

Stuff like that doesn't just go away overnight. Understatement. Would Mal ever shrug off some of the issues that he'd developed? Probably not all of them. But just knowing that no, those bad thoughts are nonsense is a starting point. A sigh, And yeah, then sometimes there's setbacks. When Cupid left, it left me thinking that was all a lie after all. Sometimes I still wonder. And Matty -- there was the sound of another half-formed word, but it didn't actually happen. That pause as he let it fall, and when he spoke again it was somewhat strained, You tell that thought that it's wrong. That you deserve and will get happiness, and even if sometimes things might be rough, it'll be good in the end. His chin dipped down again to reinforce that point in whatever sort of weird hug that was.