[The longest of pauses, faint static the only thing keeping the fact that the communicator was turned on.
Then softly at first and soon louder yet not quite at all-- a terribly upset sob.]I can't... I can't protect my friends without the book... without Kiyomaro. It's not right. I said I wanted to be a kind king, yet... if I can't protect my
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Cirno's upset and now Flandre's-- My friends are... they're all getting hurt!
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I'm sorry...
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Where are you, Bell-san?
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I'm home-- in Lucrecia's apartment.
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You can still be a kind king and protect your friends.
I don't know the answer either, but Bell-san should not give up so easily.
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But... but-! Without Kiyomaro... I can't fight. I can't be a strong shield for those I hold close!
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But that doesn't mean you shouldn't... you shouldn't stop trying. Even if you can't protect someone, you can be there for them afterwards to make it better.
[She'd been making her way to his room as she spoke and she knocked on the door frame now to catch his attention.]
Gash?
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[The knock caused Gash to stir, his rather loud sobbing becoming cut off in the process. He couldn't let her of all people see him sad. He had to smile. He had to be strong.]
Nuuh-
[With that, he stumbled to the door, brushed away his fresh tears, and opened it for her.]
...I'm all right.
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