"Yes, Jim. For defending myself." She coughed raggedly. "If you're allowed to apologize then so am I, okay?"
Usually she'd be more insistent that he didn't need to be sorry for anything he did while assimilated into a port or under the influence of a flood and that she didn't want to hear him say he was sorry, but...she hurt too much for that. And as much as she hated it, it was normalizing to hear that he was him again and killing her was something he would be sorry for.
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Usually she'd be more insistent that he didn't need to be sorry for anything he did while assimilated into a port or under the influence of a flood and that she didn't want to hear him say he was sorry, but...she hurt too much for that. And as much as she hated it, it was normalizing to hear that he was him again and killing her was something he would be sorry for.