[On principle he objects to that little headbutt, but he doesn't say anything. Maybe he doesn't know how to navigate any of this and he needs more time, alright, but then that invites the cyclical thinking of deserving more time or not, and-- well, and.
So. Principle. He says nothing, staring intently at the ground while she starts to explain. He doesn't know why he's agreed to this other than for her sake, so she can tell someone about it - he knows she hasn't told anyone else about this, because even if she were the type, why would she? - and so he's not sure what he should be preparing for, mentally. A laundry list of rippling aftereffects, maybe; he'd tried his damnedest to leave things well if not good, but he's wildly fallible.
At the very least, he expects to hear something about... Well, he doesn't know. The others, in more detail than "we rushed to the hospital" and "we had to wait."
Certainly not "we kept coming back to visit," which is...]
Huh?
[Sorry, what? The world tilts out of focus for a second while he processes that a second time, and a third-- visit? Wake up soon? What is she even talking about--]
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So. Principle. He says nothing, staring intently at the ground while she starts to explain. He doesn't know why he's agreed to this other than for her sake, so she can tell someone about it - he knows she hasn't told anyone else about this, because even if she were the type, why would she? - and so he's not sure what he should be preparing for, mentally. A laundry list of rippling aftereffects, maybe; he'd tried his damnedest to leave things well if not good, but he's wildly fallible.
At the very least, he expects to hear something about... Well, he doesn't know. The others, in more detail than "we rushed to the hospital" and "we had to wait."
Certainly not "we kept coming back to visit," which is...]
Huh?
[Sorry, what? The world tilts out of focus for a second while he processes that a second time, and a third-- visit? Wake up soon? What is she even talking about--]
I'm... asleep?
[UH,]