Phantom Hollow [MATURE] Sorrowful

The girl watched his face as it twisted into pain, the words that flowed from his mouth- 

I can tell you with all certainty, that it is. Think of your mother. Of the sacrifice she made. Would she wish this for you, to throw your future all away?

Sov's gaze averted his for a long moment as she considered this.
Then, the gentle movement to her side, the gesture to lie with him in the grass.
She obliged him and did so, watching Ensio's face as he poured himself to her...

Sovereign...we are more alike than you realize. I know your pain...I have known loss and betrayal. What it is like...to lose everything.

The girl, silent, as he continued, listening to the hurt, hate, in his voice and seeing the emotion swelling at the edges of his gaze.

My parents are long gone. My father, struck down in his prime by a terrible accident. My mother...she...couldn't take it. I watched as she wilted away and then took her own life. My brother and sister...even my cousin....they all dispersed. I don't know if they are even still alive.

Sov nodded with understanding, uttering "I have three siblings, all of them, they...they somehow vanished while I was still small. I don't know where they are, if they're alive either." She shared, returning to silence as he continued: 

I had to endure the slow loss of my family while another stood in their place. With no rightful claim to what we had worked so hard to build. I struggled to trust them...questioned myself. Eventually, I gave in and dropped my guard. We abandoned my birthplace, my home land. Tried to start anew, and I followed. It worked out, for a little while. But it didn't feel...right. Then, my initial fears were solidified. The outsiders...the usurpers...they abandoned us! Everything they had made. Left us...me, without a word, without justification. I should have known never to trust them, I was so foolish.

"I don't think you were foolish..." She started, "I think you did the best you could with what you had." A genuine attempt to comfort him as he was trying to do for her now. 

You and I, Sovereign, are not all that different. We are all that is left of our families. I trust no one. Not even the tawny woman by the lake. But you...I promise you this. I will not abandon you. Never. We both have been through too much pain.

She knew he meant it, saw he meant it. 
So she had to be transparent with her intentions, for the sake of their budding friendship. 
"Ensio, I...I don't think I will stay with the tawny woman at the Lake..." Sov sighed, "I don't feel like I have a purpose, with her..." She began to explain, unsure how he would take this.
"I intend to travel some more, further, see if I find anywhere that I think will be a better fit..." She finally stated. 
"I will never turn away your presence, should you follow..."  The hesitance at the end, indicative of the uncertainty she had, if he wanted to stay with Zharille for now or not.