[He will hold her. She calls him father, and he almost chokes with the need for it to be true.
He's never forgiven Viconia. He's never forgiven the town, but he comes back every year, even if they put her headstone in the family plot up north. Even if there's no reason to, if no one else here had marked her passing or laid out flowers. He has to, because she wasn't found. She was missing.
And she's here now.]
Jenny, oh my Jenny...Don't be. Please, don't be. It's all my fault.
[He pulls her in. In complete disbelief, taking her to fetch a towel, wipe some of this off. But they need help, don't they? He tries the phone and gets nothing but a dial tone, so let's go down together, Jenny, please stay with me, let's go down and try the front desk. Let's go down and get you looked at, hold onto my arm, love, I won't let you go.
He doesn't let her go. He doesn't know how it's possible, but he refuses to believe it's anything but the truth. She's his, and he's hers.
With hitching breaths and entangled arms, the pair descend the bloodied stairs together.]
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He's never forgiven Viconia. He's never forgiven the town, but he comes back every year, even if they put her headstone in the family plot up north. Even if there's no reason to, if no one else here had marked her passing or laid out flowers. He has to, because she wasn't found. She was missing.
And she's here now.]
Jenny, oh my Jenny...Don't be. Please, don't be. It's all my fault.
[He pulls her in. In complete disbelief, taking her to fetch a towel, wipe some of this off. But they need help, don't they? He tries the phone and gets nothing but a dial tone, so let's go down together, Jenny, please stay with me, let's go down and try the front desk. Let's go down and get you looked at, hold onto my arm, love, I won't let you go.
He doesn't let her go. He doesn't know how it's possible, but he refuses to believe it's anything but the truth. She's his, and he's hers.
With hitching breaths and entangled arms, the pair descend the bloodied stairs together.]