[Does "cookie" mean something else where she comes from?? Stars, this is the stupidist distraction from the more immediate concerns here. He sets that aside, getting to his feet. It's weird, sitting on the ground while she circles and peers at him. It's still weird standing, but at least they're at eye level now. He leans back uncomfortably as the cog thing floats closer, eye flicking between it and her.]
I lost it protecting someone from a Sadness.
[And she's clearly aware of his time fuckery, so it seems relevant to add, after a beat:]
...But that happened before the timeloop.
[Small blessings. How much would it have sucked if it was just another event he had to live through again and again and again?]
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I lost it protecting someone from a Sadness.
[And she's clearly aware of his time fuckery, so it seems relevant to add, after a beat:]
...But that happened before the timeloop.
[Small blessings. How much would it have sucked if it was just another event he had to live through again and again and again?]