[Ah, that's right. "Naji." If he was less scared, Tenka would smile. Just another name to add to the long list of what people call him -- the long list of different things that he tries to be for people.
The rest of it feels distinctly wrong. She grips his arm and he freezes -- he nearly flinches -- and that's wrong. Normally he would throw his arm around her, pull her in for a hug, and hone his strength for them both. Tenka's strengths lay in reassuring others and being a calming presence even when things are scary but for the first time in a long time, he's the one who's scared.
So instead he can only reach up to wipe away her tears with the back of his slightly trembling hand. He wants to smile but he can't find the strength to.
What a cursed world this is.]
We'll run away from them, right? [Whereas he'd normally reassure "I won't let them get you" but now there are no such promises.] We just.... need to get out of here. Right?
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The rest of it feels distinctly wrong. She grips his arm and he freezes -- he nearly flinches -- and that's wrong. Normally he would throw his arm around her, pull her in for a hug, and hone his strength for them both. Tenka's strengths lay in reassuring others and being a calming presence even when things are scary but for the first time in a long time, he's the one who's scared.
So instead he can only reach up to wipe away her tears with the back of his slightly trembling hand. He wants to smile but he can't find the strength to.
What a cursed world this is.]
We'll run away from them, right? [Whereas he'd normally reassure "I won't let them get you" but now there are no such promises.] We just.... need to get out of here. Right?