[His words are lost again. Because he knows Elle is right. Because she has the right to be mad and he did that out of instinct, a need to protect what was his and...
... When was she ever his? Shame begins to grow like thorns in his body, a discomfort that was going to bleed him dry at this rate.]
... I told you.
I told you Elle.
[He can't do anything in return. Even when he tried this time, it turned out wrong and twisted and he knows it.]
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[His words are lost again. Because he knows Elle is right. Because she has the right to be mad and he did that out of instinct, a need to protect what was his and...
... When was she ever his? Shame begins to grow like thorns in his body, a discomfort that was going to bleed him dry at this rate.]
... I told you.
I told you Elle.
[He can't do anything in return. Even when he tried this time, it turned out wrong and twisted and he knows it.]