Kyrian had never been good at comforting people. In fact, he had never even learned how to do so throughout his short life.
Words of comfort, empty promises, or carefully chosen phrases meant to ease someone's heart were simply not part of his repertoire.
So when Gao Ziyue revealed the burden she had carried for so many years, the Heart Demon that imprisoned her, the guilt that consumed her, and the pain that prevented her from moving forward. He did not try to say that everything would be alright.
He made no empty promises about miraculous solutions or quick cures. Nor did he try to minimize her pain with phrases like "it could be worse" or "you're strong enough to overcome this."
Kyrian knew that words like those, no matter how well-intentioned, often sounded like contempt for the depth of another person's suffering.
