[ Mercy cries for a while. Royce holds her through it, but he doesn't have anything to say. Nothing reassuring, nothing comforting, just silence. When she finally subsides into little hiccups, Royce tells her quietly that she should sit with Alfie for a while, and then leaves, goes outside. It's too much for him to handle and he knows, somewhere, that Alfie might scold him later, but he can't handle both his grief and her's.
Mercy goes to Alfie with a desperately sad face, looking up at him. ]
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Mercy goes to Alfie with a desperately sad face, looking up at him. ]