You make it sound so heroic. [ and it is, to a degree, but — ] To me, it just sounds lonely.

[ as it always does, to have that weighty responsibility settled on the shoulders of so very few. she'd no better than most. and while there's some piece of her that wants to question if there's nothing for either of them to return to, if there's no one else to take over that responsibility, she has her suspicions that she already knows the answers to those riddles. there's an awkward heartbeat of silence before, ]

I suppose I should let you get back to it, then. Thanks for listening.