Silver jumped up in shock, in everything that had just happened. Elysia was in some terrible pain, and on top of that, the Zoroark had just ended his own life to save hers.
She needs comfort, and he was the one that gave her it. But now...
He couldn't help but start to cry. His head droops in silence as tears drip on the ground. He gently wrapped webs around her wounds after applying herbal poultice to them. He didn't even know what to say. She had just lost someone she held very close. A single memory was coming back to him, but vague. He had been through the same thing.
"N-no, you can't die, you just can't!" Silver cried, his muzzle dripping with tears. Her soft, gentle voice responded. "I won't let them hurt you, at any cost." SIlver only cried more. "N-no, without you, I..." He collapsed in tears and misery swept over him as she left. And died right in front of his eyes. To protect him.
He awoke from his half-remembered vision. His eyes could show nothing but pain, regret, remorse, self-shame, depression, and worry. He looked at Elysia with these eyes, as he cried along with her. He sat beside her and nuzzled her, the only thing he could think of that could comfort her. He hadn't anyone to comfort him after his loss. But he was here, and she had just gone through something very similar. He wondered if she would understand why this made him cry, if she knew what he had gone though. He nuzzled into her still, his gentle flames keeping her warm as he stayed close.
What I would've given for someone to comfort me...
He was still crying himself, but he used his paw to wipe some of her tears away...