Godsdamnit. Era's suppressing her emotions like she always does. Ardbert would be utterly disappointed if she wasn't still talking.
She's talking about the other shards that Rejoined from the Calamities before.
He moves forward, heart aching for her, but doesn't quite close the gap. "You shouldn't have had to be me, too. I sought only oblivion, and I wasn't strong enough to deny its call. Unlike me, you clawed your way back, Era. You fought, and you fought, and you found your will to live."
Ardbert glances down, ashamed. "And both times, I left your side. You shouldn't have had to walk through the darkness alone. The fault does not lie with just you. I, too, was too weak."
cw: suicidal ideation AGAIN
She's talking about the other shards that Rejoined from the Calamities before.
He moves forward, heart aching for her, but doesn't quite close the gap. "You shouldn't have had to be me, too. I sought only oblivion, and I wasn't strong enough to deny its call. Unlike me, you clawed your way back, Era. You fought, and you fought, and you found your will to live."
Ardbert glances down, ashamed. "And both times, I left your side. You shouldn't have had to walk through the darkness alone. The fault does not lie with just you. I, too, was too weak."