The keening turned into a wail, without words, but he did not flinch away from the touch, just curled in a little tighter.
You're ok.
He was always ok. He always survived. He brought disaster, people died, and died, and died, no matter how he tried to stop it, and he survived. He was ok. He was always ok.
Just breathe.
What choice did he have?
It took him a long moment to finally stop staring, unseeing, at the sand, and squeeze his eyes shut. To lean a little into the hold, and then slowly try unfolding himself. His fingers had dug crescent-shaped holes into his palms, but that was going to heal, also.
"I'm sorry." His voice was quiet, flat. "I shouldn't have worried you like this." Deep breath. "We're almost there, right? We should be able to make it today."
He wanted to know, too. What had happened. How the other Vash was. Where the young Vash had gotten to, if they could. Nai, Nico. Now... now Rem. So many people to find. But everything was like through a thick layer of bulb liquid. Distant, muted.
unhecking the journal used...
You're ok.
He was always ok. He always survived. He brought disaster, people died, and died, and died, no matter how he tried to stop it, and he survived. He was ok. He was always ok.
Just breathe.
What choice did he have?
It took him a long moment to finally stop staring, unseeing, at the sand, and squeeze his eyes shut. To lean a little into the hold, and then slowly try unfolding himself. His fingers had dug crescent-shaped holes into his palms, but that was going to heal, also.
"I'm sorry." His voice was quiet, flat. "I shouldn't have worried you like this." Deep breath. "We're almost there, right? We should be able to make it today."
He wanted to know, too. What had happened. How the other Vash was. Where the young Vash had gotten to, if they could. Nai, Nico. Now... now Rem. So many people to find. But everything was like through a thick layer of bulb liquid. Distant, muted.