[Of course they do. She hardly has to ask at all. A sad memory cannot be discarded, but it can be set aside to make way for better times. The months they have spent on this island, with her, have been...]
[Almost every day has been infinitely better than any singular event or stretch of time they can recall from the world they left behind. The pain in their body will never truly ease, but the pain in their soul - that burden has lightened by increments. It feels as though it lightens now, just by looking at her.]
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[Of course they do. She hardly has to ask at all. A sad memory cannot be discarded, but it can be set aside to make way for better times. The months they have spent on this island, with her, have been...]
[Almost every day has been infinitely better than any singular event or stretch of time they can recall from the world they left behind. The pain in their body will never truly ease, but the pain in their soul - that burden has lightened by increments. It feels as though it lightens now, just by looking at her.]