[It's Red's hand that flinches away this time. He doesn't mean to recoil, but the sudden outburst is shocking, and then...staggering. It leaves Red staring dumbly at Blue for a few heavy seconds, blinking while a lump forms in his throat.
[He swallows it down, but it forms again almost as soon as he does.
[Selfish? He'd never want to be selfish. The idea that he might be is a little dizzying. Red, who never puts himself first, who is always thinking of people that need help, who is always worrying about his friends, about Blue specifically...
[Selfish? Is he selfish? There are ways he could be selfish, maybe, he thinks...Staying silent - selfish, getting jealous - selfish, not paying attention sometimes when Blue's rambling - selfish.
[It's harder for him to correlate it to letting the animals go. He knows he should have done it differently. That's been made abundantly clear. But he didn't do it for him, he did it for them--
[Still, all he can really say is "I'm sorry". But he can't even really say that with his throat so tight. Another easy sign. He takes the hand that Blue should be holding and puts it in a fist over his heart, then makes a circle.
[At his side, Pikachu puts its ears back and gently bunts its trainer in the side.
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[He swallows it down, but it forms again almost as soon as he does.
[Selfish? He'd never want to be selfish. The idea that he might be is a little dizzying. Red, who never puts himself first, who is always thinking of people that need help, who is always worrying about his friends, about Blue specifically...
[Selfish? Is he selfish? There are ways he could be selfish, maybe, he thinks...Staying silent - selfish, getting jealous - selfish, not paying attention sometimes when Blue's rambling - selfish.
[It's harder for him to correlate it to letting the animals go. He knows he should have done it differently. That's been made abundantly clear. But he didn't do it for him, he did it for them--
[Still, all he can really say is "I'm sorry". But he can't even really say that with his throat so tight. Another easy sign. He takes the hand that Blue should be holding and puts it in a fist over his heart, then makes a circle.
[At his side, Pikachu puts its ears back and gently bunts its trainer in the side.
[He didn't mean that, Red. You're not.]