[She finally, really focuses on his face...the hand at his temple, the coolly composed expression despite the growing agitation she can now smell on the air. Her eyes flare a little brighter, but the feeling that crawls out of the gaping hole in her heart is human. For just a second, she looks reasonably steadier as she catches his eye.]
You don't have to be here. [There's nothing self pitying in her tone. It's quiet, practical, even gentle.] You barely know me.
[She's still too fractured to realize his motivations for trying to calm her down might be self-serving, too upset to realize she might have been disturbing anyone. It's equal parts animal awareness and some forgotten scrap of innocence, but all she sees is someone trying to help, someone that doesn't have to.
She shouldn't need help. Like that first terrifying night, escaping from the ropes her own father bound her with, she should be able to free herself from this loss on her own.]
[Spam - Isaac's Abandoned Cabin]
[She finally, really focuses on his face...the hand at his temple, the coolly composed expression despite the growing agitation she can now smell on the air. Her eyes flare a little brighter, but the feeling that crawls out of the gaping hole in her heart is human. For just a second, she looks reasonably steadier as she catches his eye.]
You don't have to be here. [There's nothing self pitying in her tone. It's quiet, practical, even gentle.] You barely know me.
[She's still too fractured to realize his motivations for trying to calm her down might be self-serving, too upset to realize she might have been disturbing anyone. It's equal parts animal awareness and some forgotten scrap of innocence, but all she sees is someone trying to help, someone that doesn't have to.
She shouldn't need help. Like that first terrifying night, escaping from the ropes her own father bound her with, she should be able to free herself from this loss on her own.]