Farther away, too stressed out to realize I could break the habit of thinking of you as unconscious and unreachable...

I'm so sorry I didn't wake up in time to know you were missing -

Not your fault.

Kinda is.

Kinda is my fault I died.

What? How?

Because I was enough of an idiot to think I could survive something Elves had to give up on as too lethal?

They should all have turned back, I don't know why they didn't -

Oh, like you would have.

I coulda made it across. If kids were following me I would take 'em back to somewhere safe first.

She sighs. I don't want to argue with you over this.

We haven't been able to fight the Enemy since they got here. Everyone's paralyzed and the war effort's been set back by years.

...'I don't want to argue over this' doesn't mean 'I think you're wrong; convince me,' it means please change the subject I really don't want to think about the Ice and freezing to death right now.

What are the other humans like?

She describes several of them. Rather sadly, as they're still in the Enemy's clutches.

Why the fuck would Eru pick now -

I don't know.

Poor Men.

I felt like such a terrible coward, running away and leaving them.

You absolutely did the right thing. What could you have done? And what if he got suspicious you were keeping thoughts private -

I know I did the right thing. It still didn't feel that way.

We haven't tried rescuing Maitimo. It'd be utterly stupid. But.

Yeah.

I love you. I miss you.

I love you. I miss you. I'm coming as quick as I safely can.