She gazed, surprised at his new avatar, so achingly familiar yet so remote, so valiant in form yet so foreboding, feeling her heart constrict painfully in rememberance of their eternal, unspoken promise to each other, emotions presumed obliterated, springing to life, coursing wildly through her. His eyes took in her pale, distant look, feeling his heart squeeze painfully in his chest at her fragility, bringing forth emotions kept tightly in check, rioting through him, remembering her trusting and innocent sweetness, compounding his own feelings of anguish and helplessness.