As Kaleeth and Janius walked along the beach, her head lowered and her expression was as melancholy as Janius' tone. She had no idea that Janius had been going through so much pain recently, and she felt guilty for not noticing. She was always so distracted by her own suffering that she failed to notice his, and to make matters worse, she was the cause of it. She hated that she did not recognize what she had been doing to him. She was saddened by the fact that Janius did not want children as she did, but at least with that topic, he did say it was something they could try in a few years. It was something she could latch on to in order to keep up hope that she might have a family one day, but that slight relief did not overshadow her own regret for how she had been acting over the last few months. 

When Janius looked into Kaleeth's eyes, tears started to form within them. "I...I'm sorry. I didn't know I was hurting you like that. I was selfish, too selfish to see what I was doing to you. I should have...been stronger, I should have trained harder. I shouldn't have let the fear get to me. I shouldn't have made you hate me."

Kaleeth lowered her gaze to her feet, now silently sobbing. "I still love you, Janius. I don't think i can go on without you. We...we don't have to have an egg now...or ever, if you don't want." She said in a pained voice before raising her head back up to look at him once more. She closed her eyes for a moment and took in a shaky breath before trying to smile. "I just want to have more days like today." 

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Inwardly, Rukeewei breathed a sigh of relief. As much as he had been trying to distract himself with other things, he had been going through what he had said in his mind since the last time he spoke to Ariel and had been regretting it more and more. However, the surprise of Sabine suddenly pulling Ariel over to him made his response just as nervous and awkward as her apology. "Oh, well, um, no. I mean...I'm not mad...anymore...is what I meant. I'm sure you didn't..." Rukeewei stammered, but luckily, he managed to stop himself, take in a deep breath, and collect his thoughts. "What I mean is I'm sorry too. We were stressed and not thinking clearly. Can we...just forget it ever happened? I would much rather just move on to other things, like your sister here. When did she get back to the city? Are her friends here too?"