[ promised them, and couldn't be bothered to tell his own betrothed... hah, she really hates how bitter that makes feel, so she just. won't acknowledge it. ]

Our universe needs you, Agni, far more than it needs me. [ they don't even want her, brilith thinks, but doesn't say. ] No matter what happens here, you need to return.

[ she finally looks back at him, trying to look stern and falling closer to exhausted than anything else. ]

I can't heal you if you're already dead.