( With his relief comes another smile of her own. He is too hard on himself, he carries every burden because he thinks that he must. That he sought to spare her one is so utterly him that she could never hold it against him. There would be no point clinging to anger, to hurt, when all she wants is to remember his love. It is as true here as it was in that moment where she rushed to the edge they'd jumped over. )

I love you, too.

( That will never change. Not even after her last, dying breath, whenever and however that may come. )

And if you are not able to, I won't rest until I have found you. Or whatever has become of you, even if it is to set your ashes adrift on the water. ( One final comfort, one rite that was never afforded his father. She will do it for him, she will do it for them all if she must. ) Torgal would never let me rest if I didn't.

( Not when he spent so long looking for Clive the first time. )