[Inevitable questions that have no simple answer. Maelle squeezes him once more before reluctantly drawing back, though she keeps her hands on his arms, her attempt to anchor him. She looks into his eyes, perhaps the most familiar ones she knows, and smiles.

No way forward but through.]

I brought you back. I can bring back everyone. [She'll get around to it, eventually. She thinks she could even bring his parents back, if he so desires. Wouldn't that be nice? An extended family for them all. No need to get ahead of herself, though.] This world was painted. The Fracture occurred when there was a fight over it, and that's when everything became... so cruel, so unforgiving.

I can't fix everything that happened to this Canvas, but I can fix the rest. Our home. The people we love.

[Like him.]