I didn't know what happened to him, even if I could guess. He wasn't prepared to explain it. You already understood. Be it convenience or happenstance or whatever else, in the moment, you were the one he needed.
They're just grateful that happenstance so saw it that there was anyone in your position at all.
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Probably not. [ admits, albeit begrudgingly. ]
There's no one else I would have trusted with Marigold. ... but maybe I should have gone with her instead.
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He needed to go with you.
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... everyone keeps thanking me for helping him, but all I did was exactly what everyone else would have done.
He loves you, doesn't he? He could have gone with you.
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They're just grateful that happenstance so saw it that there was anyone in your position at all.