Equius felt like the floor had fallen out from under him. He'd suspected this, braced himself for it, but still...nothing could have prepared him for this. For her to say that she didn't like him that way anymore. To simply speak a few words and put an end to their relationship, to their years together. His own pale love for her still burned, but it seemed that hers had flickered out.

"I-I see," he said, coughing a little to hide the tremor in his voice. "Then, you're...breakin up with me?"