For a moment, their voices came to him as though through a thick layer of liquid, how he had glimpsed bulbed plants perceived voices from outside. Wolfwood's second reassurance got through a little bit better, though he didn't realize it was thought at him, rather than spoken out loud.
A few more deep breaths, and he could properly recognize words again. He didn't turn around yet, though, even if he could hear that Vash had gotten up, which, was Wolfwood all right? He couldn't face them, just for another moment.
"I'm. Sorry. It - has been a day of surprises." And it was still morning. "They had been so-- horrible to her, and parts of her were still... alive. After fifty years. Just - the horror of -- it all." And it had been a hundred and fifty years since, but -- he almost felt a sudden hope, that the way Nai had been brought from before the crash, she might have been brought from before was hurt, but then, no. She would not have been afraid of people, had that been the case. "I never thought it would be possible-- either her or Rem."
He squared his shoulders, and finally turned around, his eyes dry but ... bottomless.
He also wasn't sure he was ready to face Knives again. Or what Knives might have been teaching Tessla, between his hatred for humanity and her fear of it, and would he even be welcome there? Which had definitely added to the freezing.
"I'm fine." More or less. His eyes moved between the other two, to see how much damage his lapse had done, and if he needed to calm things down again. Which would be an effort, but both of them were worth it.
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A few more deep breaths, and he could properly recognize words again. He didn't turn around yet, though, even if he could hear that Vash had gotten up, which, was Wolfwood all right? He couldn't face them, just for another moment.
"I'm. Sorry. It - has been a day of surprises." And it was still morning. "They had been so-- horrible to her, and parts of her were still... alive. After fifty years. Just - the horror of -- it all." And it had been a hundred and fifty years since, but -- he almost felt a sudden hope, that the way Nai had been brought from before the crash, she might have been brought from before was hurt, but then, no. She would not have been afraid of people, had that been the case. "I never thought it would be possible-- either her or Rem."
He squared his shoulders, and finally turned around, his eyes dry but ... bottomless.
He also wasn't sure he was ready to face Knives again. Or what Knives might have been teaching Tessla, between his hatred for humanity and her fear of it, and would he even be welcome there? Which had definitely added to the freezing.
"I'm fine." More or less. His eyes moved between the other two, to see how much damage his lapse had done, and if he needed to calm things down again. Which would be an effort, but both of them were worth it.