[He immediately tangles their fingers. Even trapped in a panic cycle, he knows Goro will blame himself for this-- he's a catalyst, but Akira doesn't want him to assume full blame. He pulls a little on their joined hands in time with pulling his hair, and tries to focus on Goro's voice.]
[He still sounds too far away to be holding his hand.]
[It takes him a time or two of the instruction to figure out how to comply, and his breath shakes enough that Goro would be able to hear him sucking in an aborted lungful of air and exhaling it with his spoken mantra. Even so, he opts to squeeze their joined hands on inhale, relaxing on exhale, giving himself further tangibility to try and tether himself back in the present.]
[Dully, he finds himself glad they're outside so he can't mistake the walls for closing in on them.]
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[He still sounds too far away to be holding his hand.]
[It takes him a time or two of the instruction to figure out how to comply, and his breath shakes enough that Goro would be able to hear him sucking in an aborted lungful of air and exhaling it with his spoken mantra. Even so, he opts to squeeze their joined hands on inhale, relaxing on exhale, giving himself further tangibility to try and tether himself back in the present.]
[Dully, he finds himself glad they're outside so he can't mistake the walls for closing in on them.]