[...he knows that what she's saying is true. He knows it, but it doesn't really help. Whether he was brave or not--whether he did all of that or not...
And slowly, his shoulders slump, and he covers his face with his hands, sighing slowly and shakily, breath hitching.]
I...I got out there, and I saw him-- d-drowning there and I--
[...He's struggling to not break down too terribly here, but with Makoto-chan right there and nobody else around...maybe it's easier to be honest like this.]
I froze and I...couldn't do anything at all.
[And his breath hitches again as he tries so hard to steady his breathing, because the terror and the feel of it, the feel of drowning in the ocean that he was so afraid of, was still right there, looming.]
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And slowly, his shoulders slump, and he covers his face with his hands, sighing slowly and shakily, breath hitching.]
I...I got out there, and I saw him-- d-drowning there and I--
[...He's struggling to not break down too terribly here, but with Makoto-chan right there and nobody else around...maybe it's easier to be honest like this.]
I froze and I...couldn't do anything at all.
[And his breath hitches again as he tries so hard to steady his breathing, because the terror and the feel of it, the feel of drowning in the ocean that he was so afraid of, was still right there, looming.]