"It would be better if you died!"she shouted and immediately regretted. He raised one of her hands to his lips and kissed her wrist, the stripes left from his hands, then the second. “Eris...” she almost begged him. She didn’t know what she was talking about. "Shh... I deserved it." he whispered. His lips still covered her crippled hands with kisses. "It would be better if I had not been born. You're right." "No, I..." "Everybody wants. I know." He quickly brushed away his tears.