[ ...He's so very out of his depth, here. Softly, ] We've both done our share of things to earn her mistrust. But...
[ Falters. Some other version of him, some other version of you, lived with her here. Her and a second Nunnally and Euphie... It sounds strange, impossible. But also -- idyllic. He can't imagine they weren't -- happy. ]
--She adored you. I'm sure... that hadn't changed.