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[am_i_a_monster]

[Abigail died in the deserted plot and has just been revived.]

Hello? Can anyone hear me? Is anyone out there? It's dark out. I can't see anyone. Please tell me I didn't go through all that just to be alone again.

[There's a moment of Abigail crying.]

I was dead. Am I still dead, is that what this is?

[Being alone feels like hell to her.]

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[am_i_a_monster]

[Abigail has needed to hear that.  She pulls him into a tight hug and rests her head on her shoulder, crying softly.   She doesn't know if she should trust his words.  Anyone can disappear in this place; they're all subject to the whims of the gods.  She wants to believe that he'll always be there and she'll never feel so alone again.]  

Do you promise you won't leave me?  I couldn't take being alone again.

[puzzlingly]

「He knows he cannot make that promise, it's not up to him, he doesn't want to lie to her. But she needs this, everyone does, even him: to know that there is something, someone he can trust, someone that will be there for him. He's already left people behind, even in this place, he's let them down, they didn't have to be gone from Hadriel to be gone from his life.」

I promise I won't leave you.

「He says, giving a little squeeze to her hand. He is not going to leave, not his own account, he can promise that much.」