Noctisardor Bypass If you'd stay, I would even wait all night

As careful as she was, Tybault still didn't take her seriously. He laughed, mocked her. Reverie's face flushed and she could only stare at him, rendered mute by hurt and outrage. He had never spoken to her this way before. He was always blunt, but never cruel, not to her.
But he was right, wasn't he? She wasn't taking care of herself. It was easier to forget, to try to be as light and immaterial as a passing breeze. That was what she wanted. Not this. Not him. She shook her head. I don't need you. I don't, She said, breath coming faster now. Stop - stop changing the subject. You know that you leaned on me - before Rose, before all of this. And then... then it happened, and you never talked to me! You never listened! You just - Reverie started to cry, and she choked on the words. Abandoned me. And now you're here, and you want me to care about you again. Like it never happened.