"I'm…sorry." Compass Carburettor hugged Grisha, watching her body tremble as he said, "I…"
"It's fine…" Grisha remained in the embrace, closing her eyes as she spoke after a couple of minutes had passed, "I can understand the type of enemies you have to face. Now that I know…they…are real, it makes sense of the losses I faced in my previous loops."
"What exactly happened during the previous loops?" Compass Carburettor asked.
"Let's not talk about it…for now." Grisha said weakly, "I still haven't come to terms that this world is looping every twenty years."
"Fine, I'll wait until you recover." Compass Carburettor sighed, gently patting her as he consoled her.
Grisha buried herself in him, sobbing from time to time as she let out all her emotions. Sometime later, she fell asleep. Just when he planned to cover her with the bedsheet and work a little, her hold on him tightened, preventing him from leaving the bed.
