[Asbel's head bobs, although it's impossible to tell if he's actually acknowledging Zelda's words or not. Whatever the case, he's too exhausted to do any more shouting, and he has no one to blame for what happened but himself. If he'd been more, he could've done something. But he didn't. How can he not feel that he's a failure?]
[Later he'll be grateful for what she did, but for now...he's just going to stay with Sophie for awhile - at least until the tears run out, heaped on the floor at the dreaming girl's feet.]
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[Later he'll be grateful for what she did, but for now...he's just going to stay with Sophie for awhile - at least until the tears run out, heaped on the floor at the dreaming girl's feet.]