"No, never," Nida says, shocked and horrified and getting to his feet. "But... But how could someone want to love me when I'm so broken?"

Nida's hands pull out of Ignis's grip. Already his hands were going to his wrist, wishing he had the jade and gold bracelet. The thing was, he had already told this to Ignis some.

"And honestly, I'm trying so hard to move past him. TO move past the broken pieces Elijah left of me. I want to be seen as whole. As rebuilt, like you helped me become. You took pieces broken for the second time and put them together. But if I broke twice, why would you want to be with me because it would mean I would break a third time."