[as Orpheus's voice breaks, something inside Salieri's chest sharply throbs with pain, and he sucks in a breath, hands clenching together on the table, head lowering]
She was. She really was. There was no way she could have known--
[he breaks off with a choked sound, squeezing his eyes shut]
no subject
She was. She really was. There was no way she could have known--
[he breaks off with a choked sound, squeezing his eyes shut]