[I'll be better, she says--and his throat gets tight at that]
You don't have to, Farrah--you as you are is fine, it's good. [he can't protect her from anything; not even this, and he's failed her, and all he can do is hold her, for all the good it will do, if anything at all] You're good.
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You don't have to, Farrah--you as you are is fine, it's good. [he can't protect her from anything; not even this, and he's failed her, and all he can do is hold her, for all the good it will do, if anything at all] You're good.