No love lost for 'em, eh? That thing would've done the world a favour to take them instead.

[he scrunches his eyes shut for a moment, staring down at the concrete in front of him, clenching is fists and digging his nails into his palms. he did the same, didn't he? not intentionally, but he did it to may. her going into the cave of origin then never coming back out is certainly a nightmare scenario that hangs in his mind a lot, especially when his emotional effects get bad enough to almost replicate the atmosphere outside the cave.]

I'm... sorry. For what it's worth. [man being empathetic sucks. he feels like shit.] Thanks for telling me. I guess it was hard, huh?