Hearing her voice stumbling to just say his name wretched at him further. "Rosette.. it's alright, Rosette.. you're safe now.." It was a half-kept promise. Chrno failed to protect her the first time. This world was unlike their's. What could he do? He wanted to do everything, but to know that he couldn't even keep her safe..

The watch around her neck was bothering him, now that he was holding her in an embrace, mainly pulling her into his lap and wrapping his arms around her upper torso, glancing down at her, willing silently for her to wake up, to open her eyes..

Was the pocket watch broken? Was that what was keeping her like this? He knew nothing of the mechanics behind it, just of the pact that sealed Rosette's fate together with his. Still, it didn't look how it usually did, and that was unsettling enough.

A hand hovered over it, hesitant to touch it, since he didn't like her even having it all that much..