No, no, no, I'm sorry. I was weak, too weak to keep you safe! And after I promised that nothing was going to happen to you... you put yourself in harms way to keep me safe... I failed you Elphie... I'm... so sorry...

[he burries his face into her hair taking in the familiar scent. Oh how he had worried about her, and hated himself all the more for not being able to protect her]