[ He can mostly see that expression but he's getting distant again. ] Thirty-four seconds. [ Although by this point, he thinks she should probably be able to hear them too, maybe. He has no idea. He won't apologize again - even for apologizing in the first place when she apparently didn't want it. And who knows what it was for. Maybe for arguing so closely to an experience that clearly rattled them both. Maybe for having taunted their kidnappers and worrying her to begin with. Maybe for the way he's pretty sure he's about to retreat into himself and away from the rest of the painful, overstimulating world.
That pulls him back a little bit though. Enough to snort a small amount of amusement. Lots of things are his fault. Maybe not this time, in this specific instance, but still. Lots of things. ]
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That pulls him back a little bit though. Enough to snort a small amount of amusement. Lots of things are his fault. Maybe not this time, in this specific instance, but still. Lots of things. ]