He's not brave. He's never been brave. He's always been terrified out of his mind, it feels. They'd called him a hero, but what did any of those other trolls know?

And let Her go- he's never wanted to hold onto her. It's always been the opposite- still the opposite, he reminds himself, because this is a hallucination and he'll come to any minute now and be aware of her cruelty and her horrible smile and her cold nails and her atrocious shitty sea puns. How can he let go of that?

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