The girl watches him with eyes bright and trusting, despite the tears that threaten to break them both. She takes in his words like water through roots that she can't feel anymore, sifting them for something... Something that makes her feel whole again.

She doesn't find it. But she does find hope, and that's almost as good.

"...Really?" She really wants that. She really, really wants this feeling to stop. For things to go back to how they were before, where she felt safe and protected, nestled in the green shade of an entity that towered over her, an embrace more loving than her own mother's. She's never been so far away before, so... Maybe? Maybe it's true. It's the most hope she's had offered to her since all of this started.

"How soon?... What do I do to make it sooner?"