"Your blood can't get me dirty," Rikku said. She lifted her shoulders again. "I've told you that. It's ... it stays with you. Not me. I'm not ... worried that it could."

Inhale. Exhale.

"I know you weren't -- that you didn't mean to -- that it wasn't, hey, great, gotta go. I just meant that ... it was hard. Reaching out and having you leave. So I couldn't just ..."