it doesn't even matter

She fell to the ground and he slowly rested back upon his haunches, a small sad smile pulling across his features. "I know… I know."His tone was soft and he had to fight the urge to reach across the border to nuzzle her, to comfort her. "It’ll be hard for a while… Some days will be worse than others and sometimes it’ll feel like any progress you make will all just wash away." He knew that right now these words meant nothing, hell he didn’t even fully believe his own words right now, despite having lived them all before. He had nothing else he could offer her however, neither of them seemed eager to cross the barrier between them, so all he had was his words.

"I promise you Gaia, one day it’ll hurt less. The pain won’t just go away, it may never fully but I promise, there will come a day when the good outweighs the pain."

"Speech"