You cannot take responsibility for another person's actions or emotions. If we all did that, we would all be disasters. Empathy is good. It's what makes us human. But taking on the burden of someone else's actions? You cannot do that, my darling, it will destroy you. It is destroying you.
[Her fingers sweep gently down the other girl's arm, a slow, kind caress.]
There's no easy way to let go of that, but you must understand: it was not your fault.
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[She reaches out, touching Mami's shoulder lightly again.]
You cannot take responsibility for another person's actions or emotions. If we all did that, we would all be disasters. Empathy is good. It's what makes us human. But taking on the burden of someone else's actions? You cannot do that, my darling, it will destroy you. It is destroying you.
[Her fingers sweep gently down the other girl's arm, a slow, kind caress.]
There's no easy way to let go of that, but you must understand: it was not your fault.