Well, you did your best. Can't really hold one failure against you.
[For a second, there's an actual smile tugging on his lips - for a brief, sliver of a moment it almost feels like how it used to be. But it's soured quickly by a sharp reminder that it's never going to be how it used to be, and he can't let himself get suckered in by that again. It's frustrating to imagine how often he's going to have to remind himself of that.]
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[For a second, there's an actual smile tugging on his lips - for a brief, sliver of a moment it almost feels like how it used to be. But it's soured quickly by a sharp reminder that it's never going to be how it used to be, and he can't let himself get suckered in by that again. It's frustrating to imagine how often he's going to have to remind himself of that.]