[That word cuts like a knife. It hurts more than he'd expected to hear it out of Phantom - to hear it from the lips of someone who looks exactly like Phil yet isn't Phil - but he's quick to remind himself that they're not the same. They're not the same, and that's precisely why he's doing this in the first place.
All it would take is for him to squeeze a little harder--
--- but as he continues to stare up at Phantom's face, the mirror image of Phil's, watching all of the emotions just drain away until there's nothing left (almost as though he's completely giving up, as though he wants it all to end here), and suddenly all he can think is that he doesn't what to give Phantom what he wants-- not now, not ever.
So he simply
lets go.]
... yeah. I am. But don't you dare put the blame on Phil for that.
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All it would take is for him to squeeze a little harder--
--- but as he continues to stare up at Phantom's face, the mirror image of Phil's, watching all of the emotions just drain away until there's nothing left (almost as though he's completely giving up, as though he wants it all to end here), and suddenly all he can think is that he doesn't what to give Phantom what he wants-- not now, not ever.
So he simply
lets go.]
... yeah. I am. But don't you dare put the blame on Phil for that.