[Blue flinches at ...most of these things, but 'Maurtia Falls' especially. He lets out a slow, shaky breath, and squares his shoulders over the stove.] It was...
It was... [He falls silent again, mind numbing as he tries to figure out a way to talk about it that doesn't send him balling up on the kitchen floor (and ruining dinner)]
[Unfortunately, all this gets Sabrina is a red alarm of brain on fire] ...We tried to stop him... [He shudders out, knuckles clenched on the granite.] We tried to stop him, but...
[ She feels it, so strongly that it makes her tense up, if only for a second. If she had known this was going to prompt anything like a panic attack, she would have been more subtle about it. Sabrina frowns, it's too late for that, but she'll do what she can. Blue's pan gently rises from the burner and floats on to an unused one, and Sabrina puts her arms around him. Come to mom. ]
I know. I know you did. [ She'd know if he was lying, at least. ]
[He'd been denying it so strongly for a reason, but once she's tugged loose enough at the threads, it all begins to unravel. His shoulders haunch up, but he doesn't reject her embrace, his head still tucked to his chest against an invisible pain.]
....At least it... it didn't hurt anymore, you know? Once everything stopped. I didn't feel anything...
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[Blue flinches at ...most of these things, but 'Maurtia Falls' especially. He lets out a slow, shaky breath, and squares his shoulders over the stove.] It was...
It was... [He falls silent again, mind numbing as he tries to figure out a way to talk about it that doesn't send him balling up on the kitchen floor (and ruining dinner)]
[Unfortunately, all this gets Sabrina is a red alarm of brain on fire] ...We tried to stop him... [He shudders out, knuckles clenched on the granite.] We tried to stop him, but...
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I know. I know you did. [ She'd know if he was lying, at least. ]
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....At least it... it didn't hurt anymore, you know? Once everything stopped. I didn't feel anything...