[Ah, there's the rub. She can sense the mounting frustration within him, and moves a cool hand to his cheek to try and soothe it before it comes to a head.]
Don't work yourself up over it. It's okay to wait and see first.
[If the options are between having hopes that will (to him) inevitably be dashed and drowning in his misery, the latter is... certainly the easier option. But they just said the easier option is not always the better one.
Yet... in this case, she can't bring herself to encourage him to hope, either. She's not sure it's even possible to change his fate at this point, whether or not he comes back fully apprised of what's to happen.]
If you just have to coast along for now, if that's the best you can do, then do it. I don't want to see you suffocate in your sorrows, but if hope is too much to ask, there's surely a space somewhere in the middle...
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Don't work yourself up over it. It's okay to wait and see first.
[If the options are between having hopes that will (to him) inevitably be dashed and drowning in his misery, the latter is... certainly the easier option. But they just said the easier option is not always the better one.
Yet... in this case, she can't bring herself to encourage him to hope, either. She's not sure it's even possible to change his fate at this point, whether or not he comes back fully apprised of what's to happen.]
If you just have to coast along for now, if that's the best you can do, then do it. I don't want to see you suffocate in your sorrows, but if hope is too much to ask, there's surely a space somewhere in the middle...