Well it's hard to explain, but I'll try if you let me-
She smiled at him, and he couldn't look away. He smiled back at her. She seemed almost like you could break her, so fragile- and yet he knew she was a tough, impressive young woman. However, at this moment, she seemed so… delicate. She was nervous, he could tell, and when she started to speak, he listened closely, just to hear her voice.
Well it's hard to sustain, I'll cry if you let me.
She said softly, "Seth… That night… When we ran away from Renais castle… I felt something more for you. More than just friendship, more than what a princess should feel for her knight..."
He was breaking up inside, trying to tell himself to act on his duty, not his heart… "Princess Eirika, we could not be. You are the Princess of Renais, and I am your subject. You cannot treat one subject above all the rest."
This doesn't change the way I feel about you or your place in my life.
She looked down, crestfallen. She was obviously holding back tears, and he hoped that she couldn't tell that he was, as well. He had to at least admit something, to try and console her, to try and tell her that his own heart was breaking at the moment too, and to let her know, simply, how he felt. So Seth said, very quietly, "Princess- That night… I felt it too. As if I found the person I would protect with my life-- and I wanted to keep you in my arms for so much longer…"
(Please don't cry)
She looked up, her eyes hopeful. He hated to crush that hope, but he knew his duty. "I promise you I will never forget my duty like that again. I apologize, Princess Eirika. Forgive me."
He turned from her, so that she could not see him wiping his eyes.
Can't you see I'm dying here?
She turned and fled to Ephraim, who didn't know what had happened, but tried to soothe his sobbing sister. Seth saw them for a moment, and wished for a second that he could be the one soothing her…
A shot of broken heart that is chased with fear...