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when literally EVERYONE keeps flimsily alternating from doubting, trusting, blaming, pitying her, and they keep asking for proof for words for whatever they want FL to keep on giving and giving... as if all that she's shown in spite of trauma and her own internal struggles is never enough
AND THEN you have izek, who, after deciding to trust her, has never once faltered in his faith
my god, that "I'll always be on your side" is a bajillion times more poignant than an I love you for someone who has gone through severe abuse