[She makes a terrible noise, sad and wretched and he instinctively holds her tighter, closing that last little centimeter of space between them. He knows that she's hurting, can sense it coming off her in waves. She lost her mentor, the man who raised her, the fixed point of her life and he gets that. He so understands what that feels like.
She's not alone now though. She's got him, in whatever way she wants him, he's just not going anywhere. Mako lost her mentor but she gained a Raleigh Becket at the same time and he knows that he doesn't compare and it's not the same but it's something.]
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She's not alone now though. She's got him, in whatever way she wants him, he's just not going anywhere. Mako lost her mentor but she gained a Raleigh Becket at the same time and he knows that he doesn't compare and it's not the same but it's something.]
It's okay to cry, you know. I won't say anything.