[ She almost takes another step. But she stops, midway.

She can't say I know, because...she does, sort of, but she didn't at the time. Didn't know anything except pain and fear and loss, and how she had to do something about it, had to do something right.

If only she could ever do anything right. ]

I wish I'd— [ It's unspoken. Like she can't even speak it. She told them all, she was just going to mess up again.

Riley bows her head, ashamed. ]

I'll- m-my whole life. I'll never- never stop...trying to fix it. Those kids- they're my- they're my life now, I swear.