[It was like the Barrier Shelter all over again. She had thought she had grown stronger since then, but all she had done here was flail around blindly instead of doing any good. Maybe she had even made things worse. Why was she so powerless in a crucial situation like this...?
Still, the thing that was really tearing her up inside was that he was and had gone through things that no child should have had to go through. Hearing that had made her heart break out of sympathy right then and there.]
Stop! [She choked back a sob as tears started rolling down, and it didn't take long for her to collapse to her knees as well.] Don't do it... J-just don't.