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That hurts him, Furina can tell, but the truth's just that simple and she's so tired of lying, pretending everything will turn out fine when she knows it won't, and while she and her mirror-self defied heaven once she doesn't think she has it in her to defy time itself.
"It wouldn't be kind to you," she says as softly as she can; she will grow old, she will die, and Neuvillette will hurt more.
(Besides, he can find better—someone who won't break his heart with every word they say no matter how hard they try to be gentle.)