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[ He's stiff in her arms, ready to flee again, until she utters those words. He slumps, his tall frame hunching down until his forehead is at her shoulder, his hands gently clutching onto her arms. ]
You are too good for me. Too good to me. I'm...
Even though I could not protect you. Even though my official title is different, now. I never stopped being your knight. Not in my heart.
[ Which is part of why he is so ashamed, in his own heart and mind. He has dedicated is life to her... so the atrocity he made, even though nobody will ever think to connect them, technically stains her name, too, and that hurts.
His own honor, it has been nonexistent since he was ten.
Hers...
She deserves better. And, yet, here she is. Here she is. ]