[ —in a way that's suddenly quite somber. Careful as much as close. He won't move to embrace her again or even take her hand, but there is a way his fingers pluck and smooth at her wrist for a moment. ]
Resurrection... [ It's the first he's said it, pale eyes ahead and fixed over her shoulder as he speaks by her ear, and he does get a little quieter for it. ]
...takes a very heavy toll, they said.
[ Going on quickly before she can protest or be burdened by that, he exhales and lets his eyes close. Speaking lightly; feathered. ]
It's alright, I don't mind. You should rest. [ Even Caren he stayed with and let recharge off him on the train while she dozed. And he already noticed earlier how stabilizing it was to her, Lux who woke up with such a fragile grip still on the world and herself.
(And Allen needs it nearly as much as she does, but he doesn't think of it like that.)
Maybe it's strange, but he doesn't really mind at all or find it scandalizing. It's... nice. ]
2/2 no. *now* he's a menace
Resurrection... [ It's the first he's said it, pale eyes ahead and fixed over her shoulder as he speaks by her ear, and he does get a little quieter for it. ]
...takes a very heavy toll, they said.
[ Going on quickly before she can protest or be burdened by that, he exhales and lets his eyes close. Speaking lightly; feathered. ]
It's alright, I don't mind. You should rest. [ Even Caren he stayed with and let recharge off him on the train while she dozed. And he already noticed earlier how stabilizing it was to her, Lux who woke up with such a fragile grip still on the world and herself.
(And Allen needs it nearly as much as she does, but he doesn't think of it like that.)
Maybe it's strange, but he doesn't really mind at all or find it scandalizing. It's... nice. ]
At least for a little while.