i adnnit that i uuas perhaps unuuittingly placing her into a box of sorts. one that she escaped fronn, clearly, or else i uuould not be runninating on the events that lead to her departure. it never really crossed nny pan that she did not feel the sanne snnear of ennotions as i did, that she did not feel the allure of our partnership as sonnething that transcended the typical bonds of ronnance. but to disappear as she did, so connpletely, likely turning the cogs of tinne to avoid our paths crossing once nnore... there is such agony to this. uue uuere once a uuhole being, a teann that trusted in the other to speak their nnind. i have never respected another troll uuith such sincerity, never sought to nnake nnyself equal to one such as she. i ann unsure if i uuill ever be able to do so again. i begin to feel that i uuill carry this uuound for all eternity, for there is no properly heroic end to be found for nne.

