Callie didn't stop crying, despite that Merrill was waking up, and was clearly alive. She [i]couldn't[/i] stop crying. The events of this night...

The loss of her family...

The loss of her home...

The loss of her normal life...

And the near loss of someone who had been willing to help her...

They all just crashed down on Callie and the tears just would not stop flowing. She truly felt like she was just a child, as her magic surge had physically forced her into becoming.

When she felt him wrap his arms around her, she hugged back instinctively, and she buried her head into his shirt as the tears kept on coming. 

As she cried, she could only manage to say the words through her sobbing, "[b]I'm sorry...! I'm so sorry...![/b]"