[ When he goes to his knees, Clarita jumps and takes a half-step back. She almost seems like she's considering bolting up the beach and away from him (for help or just to escape the conversation) but then she takes a few tentative steps forward. ]

... Izunia?

[ She says it softly and hesitantly and then immediately wishes she could take it back. If she's a stranger to him, enough so that just her name is enough to sweep his feet out from under him, then surely saying his name can only worsen things. Clarita purses her lips and finally stoops down onto the sand in front of him. ]

I don't understand this. You're acting as though we're strangers but that isn't the case, is it? We're...

[ Family she almost says but the word dies on her tongue. ]

We're not strangers to each other.