[She lets him pull her in as she sobs, practically screaming through the tears. For as much as everything became more clear, it also became more painful.]
[The person she cared about more than life itself is gone. He died two years ago, and she didn't even know. She couldn't do anything for him in the end -- she couldn't even be by his side.]
[He promised her he wouldn't leave her alone again. He promised he would tell her if something ever happened to him. He promised her.]
[But... was he really gone? If he was gone, then who was the Ion living in her apartment? The Ion she fought for, died for, and mourned with every fiber of her being? He was... still Ion, wasn't he?]
[A replica was just a replacement, wasn't it?]
[But even as she thinks this, the thoughts just don't align with how she feels. It didn't make any sense. Why did things have to turn out like this? Why now, when she was finally happy...!?]
[She tries to say something, but her words get lost in her sobbing, muffled by Peony's shirt.]
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[The person she cared about more than life itself is gone. He died two years ago, and she didn't even know. She couldn't do anything for him in the end -- she couldn't even be by his side.]
[He promised her he wouldn't leave her alone again. He promised he would tell her if something ever happened to him. He promised her.]
[But... was he really gone? If he was gone, then who was the Ion living in her apartment? The Ion she fought for, died for, and mourned with every fiber of her being? He was... still Ion, wasn't he?]
[A replica was just a replacement, wasn't it?]
[But even as she thinks this, the thoughts just don't align with how she feels. It didn't make any sense. Why did things have to turn out like this? Why now, when she was finally happy...!?]
[She tries to say something, but her words get lost in her sobbing, muffled by Peony's shirt.]