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Jayce Talis

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[fatalis]

[ Jayce scrubs away a few tears of his own and he exhales hard. There's tension between his shoulder blades and in his temples. ]

I don't I won't argue with you on that then. I'm glad you weren't alone, Cait.

Fair enough. Yeah. Maybe I just wish we didn't have to have it at all.

[kirammans]

Besides, you're here for me now. Seeing you at the party is the biggest relief I've felt in a long time. I wouldn't want to be alone here.

I know. I'm sorry, Jayce. I'm on your side.

[fatalis]

We're stuck in this mess together. You won't be alone. I promise.

I know you are, Cait. It's just [ Jayce takes a long time to find the right word to say and the one he picks, isn't strong enough but it's what he settles on. ] hard. I don't want to believe it.

[kirammans]

[Cait herself takes a while to find the right words.]

It's not your fault. What happened to Viktor, and how he is now, and what's happened at home.

[fatalis]

[ The response takes a while, because Jayce is struggling. Eventually, he manages: ]

It is. All of it is.

[kirammans]

You're wrong.

[So there.]

[fatalis]

I want to be wrong, Cait, but I'm not. Not about this.

[kirammans]

I had the shot, that day. I could have killed Jinx before she attacked. Had I done that, Viktor never would have been hurt.

[And, you know, her mother.]

[fatalis]

Killing someone isn't always the right choice, Cait. It shouldn't ever be the first one.

Don't blame yourself for choosing not to do it.

[kirammans]

I think a part of me will always regret it.

[fatalis]

I get it. I have a lot I can't let go of too, Cait.

[kirammans]

Hopefully we won't add to that. For either of us.

[fatalis]

I'll do my best not to.

[kirammans]

We will do our best not to.

[fatalis]

Okay, Cait. We.

[kirammans]

Remember, you promised.

[fatalis]

I'll remember.