[ The idea of bargaining for her life with a god is somehow a distant second to the worry that he could have—should have been there to prevent the bargaining from happening in the first place. He brings her hands up, presses them to his mouth for a moment. ]
Stupid.
[ The admonishment is strangled. ]
Wait for me next time, please.
[ He wanted to be able to protect her. What had he been doing leaving her alone like that? What could have been more important than making sure he was there to put himself between a trapped box and his sister? ]
If Kashaw hadn't been there...
[ Vax can't finish the sentence. He doesn't want to sit with the idea that she'd have been gone forever. ]
no subject
Stupid.
[ The admonishment is strangled. ]
Wait for me next time, please.
[ He wanted to be able to protect her. What had he been doing leaving her alone like that? What could have been more important than making sure he was there to put himself between a trapped box and his sister? ]
If Kashaw hadn't been there...
[ Vax can't finish the sentence. He doesn't want to sit with the idea that she'd have been gone forever. ]