For a moment, the confusion was clear in her brown eyes. Yet as she looked into his more deeply, an understanding was made. "I do, and I am happy. Because you survived." Even though she could not, not on Gaia. Rubbing his cheek with her thumb, she added: "You deserved so much better than what I could give in my guilt, but that day I realized what--and, more importantly, who--mattered most to me. It was you."

Please let me make this right.