Esme sighs
Esme: ...I'm not going to pity you. And I'm not going to watch you mope over something so...so trivial. And I do like you, idiot. I wouldn't still be here if I didn't.
Esme:...Oh my gods. Have you ever stopped to consider...that maybe I don't need your help? And that maybe the things you've been trying to give me...the things you want me to have...they aren'twhat I want. But you never stopped to consider that...or even to ask me...
She looks up at Sako, staring him dead in the eye
Esme: Did you?