[ There's just something so heartbreaking about hearing him say that. She had thought that Taisho stood a chance--that Yasuragi's connections to Loki and Santa, even though she wasn't here anymore, would have counted for something. That Persephone too would have wanted to to protect Taisho for Kuzuebiko.

And probably they did!

But it wasn't enough. Just like Haku's feelings weren't enough. Just like her own feelings, spread in a million different directions, weren't enough. ]

It shouldn't have been.

[ Her voice is doubly wrecked by having had her head blown off and now by her body deciding now is an ideal time for her to lose her shit and start crying. ]