I would argue that it is your responsibility most of all.
[ he looks sad as he says it, though she's not looking at him. ]
No matter how great the hurt, if there is a path toward atonement, then the sincerely repenting must take it. [ this is so catholic ] ... And you deserve that chance as well. Do not let your relationship with him be defined by this act.
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Mistress Shouxue. [ ... ] I am sorry that it was you.
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Then... how is it that you feel now? Disappointed at having been caught?
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[ that's immediate. ]
How could that be? Why would I... when all I have ever done is try to free the dead? When all I ever do at home is find the truth for the dead?
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she looks down at her knees. ]
Do I have the right to want that for him after what I've done? I want peace for him most of all, but I do not deserve to grant it to him.
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[ he looks sad as he says it, though she's not looking at him. ]
No matter how great the hurt, if there is a path toward atonement, then the sincerely repenting must take it. [ this is so catholic ] ... And you deserve that chance as well. Do not let your relationship with him be defined by this act.
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she lifts her head a little, but she doesn't look at him. ]
I live to atone. [ but she doesn't think she's going to live. ] I do not know if there will be any sort or relationship after this.