Yeah, well... [His awareness is starting to return. The malevolence is still thick, awful thick, but it isn't going to turn him anytime soon.] You don't shoot yourself and expect to survive.
[This is real. This isn't another one of Symonne's ploys to turn him against his friends. This is real, with Sorey's warmth all-encompassing, and his words and tears straight from the heart.
I'm so happy you're alive.
He bites his bottom lip as he's crushed into a hug. Damn, he never expected... to hear that. Not ever. He's done so many terrible things and he regrets them all, but he never regretted saving Rose. He never regretted joining Sorey, either.
He's tired and overwhelmed, so the usual fight he'd put up is gone. He rests his forehead against Sorey's shoulder and relaxes just enough to be called pliant.]
I tried to come back, [he whispers.] The one time I got close, he stepped in and...
[The memory itself is enough to make him suck in a wincing breath and shudder.]
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Date: 2016-09-19 01:13 am (UTC)[This is real. This isn't another one of Symonne's ploys to turn him against his friends. This is real, with Sorey's warmth all-encompassing, and his words and tears straight from the heart.
I'm so happy you're alive.
He bites his bottom lip as he's crushed into a hug. Damn, he never expected... to hear that. Not ever. He's done so many terrible things and he regrets them all, but he never regretted saving Rose. He never regretted joining Sorey, either.
He's tired and overwhelmed, so the usual fight he'd put up is gone. He rests his forehead against Sorey's shoulder and relaxes just enough to be called pliant.]
I tried to come back, [he whispers.] The one time I got close, he stepped in and...
[The memory itself is enough to make him suck in a wincing breath and shudder.]