They settled him onto the floor of the interior space, and Ren held on to all three of them with what remained of what he had, which was very little, his face saying in silence everything he hadn't been able to say in words.
Something the girls had already understood: there was no way a body and a mind pushed so hard until arriving in that state had anything to be ashamed of…
It was impossible to believe Selthia, to believe anything negative about him, when the evidence of how hard he had been pushing was right there in his face, in the weight of him, in the way he had been fighting to hold on a few more minutes just to check that everyone else was alright.
The girls watched him go quiet.
And in their look there was not even a small doubt.
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Some time passed before any of the three spoke.
Larissa was first.
