[Another choked laugh. He should be surprised Ariel knows the song, but that's just the way of things here, isn't it. And it is somehow comforting, because there's more than just the words- it's an offer to stay, to help.
He wonders if he would have spiraled down as hard as he did if he knew someone like Ariel where he came from. That unconditional support that marriage was supposed to offer- and instead, swept away from. His expression twists in to a grimace, half-hidden behind his hand, and his cracked voice continues as tears stream down his face;]
I promise you I will learn from all my mistakes.
[After a moment, he reaches up with his other hand hand in a wordless request.]
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He wonders if he would have spiraled down as hard as he did if he knew someone like Ariel where he came from. That unconditional support that marriage was supposed to offer- and instead, swept away from. His expression twists in to a grimace, half-hidden behind his hand, and his cracked voice continues as tears stream down his face;]
I promise you I will learn from all my mistakes.
[After a moment, he reaches up with his other hand hand in a wordless request.]