[ He stays close, and the crying subsides quickly, too wrung out to have the energy for tears. He believes Shi Qingxuan; of course he does. It's still something he'd needed to hear right now.
He doesn't want to go through another stint in that kind of Iris state again. Hopefully he won't have to. Lacking that assurance, he'll hold on to that hope.
Calming down, he still clings tight, eyes closed and cheeks and chin damped by tears, now slowly drying. ]
I'm not usually like this.
[ He says at some length, and if it's not usually this undone or not usually this torn up about what's outside of his control, both are true. Usually he's just angry. ]
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He doesn't want to go through another stint in that kind of Iris state again. Hopefully he won't have to. Lacking that assurance, he'll hold on to that hope.
Calming down, he still clings tight, eyes closed and cheeks and chin damped by tears, now slowly drying. ]
I'm not usually like this.
[ He says at some length, and if it's not usually this undone or not usually this torn up about what's outside of his control, both are true. Usually he's just angry. ]