[ ultimately, he knows that she means well — so he doesn’t fidget as she carefully picks out shards of glass from his hands; rather, he looks on silently, aside from giving her a gentle shake of his head, as if to say it’s alright, there’s no need to apologize.

he takes a breath, before continuing. ] What do you mean by that? No matter how strong a human is, they’re still human — and die so easily. I don’t understand how you can say that they’re stronger than we give them credit for.