Clio didn't know what to do now, watching him tear his heart open. She wanted to go to him, but what if that made him silence himself for her again?! "You didn't- You didn't fuck up," she whispered. She did hear that he didn't want to go, and it was like a wave of relief, crashing over her.
"What we're doing right now-" she started slowly, "is both blaming ourselves. And we need to stop, alright? It's not going to get us anywhere good." She swallowed roughly and took a step closer to him. "We're going to stop blaming ourselves and work it out together? Okay?"