Tagan gasped for air as he pulled back, her eyes opening to stare at him sidelong, her heart racing as if she had run for miles. "Roe...." She whispered, burying her face in his hair, arms tight around him. There hadn't been much pain, he hadn't given her that but just to imagine. To be so torn, literally and figuratively. She knew the darkness, now, and she would recognize it, embrace it. It poisoned him, and it tried to control him. How could he hold back for so long. "Please don't do that again, Roe..." She whispered. "Don't fight it. You won't break me, you can't but it will try to break you..." Again, she felt tear sting her nose, but fought it. She had cried too much all ready.<br/><br/>"Roe I need you not to hold back. Do what you have to, just don't let it hurt you. Please, don't let it hurt you like that... I can't stand it..." She begged him, unabashedly, her lips moving against his hair, begging him just for him. "You can't go on ignoring the darkness in you. If you ignore it, it will consume you. I don't ant to be afraid of you... I don't want you not to be there to temper It. Let It have me every once in a while... I'll heal from that. Not from losing you..." She held him close, words dissolving into nonsensical pleas, re arms tight around him, fingers clutching his shoulders.