[He embraced her with everything he had, closing his eyes to more keenly feel her in his arms. His 'joke' about Prince Whales hadn't really meant to be a joke, so much as a way of reassuring her that he hadn't come back to life in a similar fashion. Of course it was only after he said it that he realized that it probably didn't help make things better.]
But I made a promise to protect you, and I couldn't let you go.
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[He embraced her with everything he had, closing his eyes to more keenly feel her in his arms. His 'joke' about Prince Whales hadn't really meant to be a joke, so much as a way of reassuring her that he hadn't come back to life in a similar fashion. Of course it was only after he said it that he realized that it probably didn't help make things better.]
But I made a promise to protect you, and I couldn't let you go.