[ God. She hates being so powerless. Though she never thought she'd hate anything more than being stuck in one of those games, it's being here that really kills her. Powerless beyond compare and even more at Intergal's mercy than they ever have been before. She'd talked herself up so much about how she was going to save them but when it comes down to it, she's just as useless as she's ever been.

The thought bubbles like poison and Yuuri forces herself to cut it off there. She can't let herself start crumbling when Ardyn is the one who needs help. ]

Then we'll just have to make sure we stay with you. So you're not doing it all by yourself.

But will you promise me that if it gets too much -- if you feel like you really can't stand it -- will you take a step back from it all? I can't do anything to fix this or make this better but... just let me try and protect you this once instead of the other way around, okay?