No, it truly is embarrassing... There's no reason to cry anymore.
[He lets out a light... laugh? Sigh?]
Ene is fine. If anything, she may be better off than she was before...
[She's alive—so shouldn't he be relieved above all else? Or grateful towards Lieral? And he certainly is both, for he would rather have Ene like this than not at all. Even if Ene's memories—the years they spent by each other's side—are gone, something more precious was given in return.
... And as much as Tiir dislikes the idea of losing their 'eyes', he knows that perhaps Ene will be happier like this. No longer blind, no longer confined to the darkness, no longer dying. She can't guide them anymore, but she no longer has to. That burden has been taken from her and given to him.]
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[He lets out a light... laugh? Sigh?]
Ene is fine. If anything, she may be better off than she was before...
[She's alive—so shouldn't he be relieved above all else? Or grateful towards Lieral? And he certainly is both, for he would rather have Ene like this than not at all. Even if Ene's memories—the years they spent by each other's side—are gone, something more precious was given in return.
... And as much as Tiir dislikes the idea of losing their 'eyes', he knows that perhaps Ene will be happier like this. No longer blind, no longer confined to the darkness, no longer dying. She can't guide them anymore, but she no longer has to. That burden has been taken from her and given to him.]
So there... really is no reason to be crying.