[ His heart beats a little slower once he hears Stahn's reply, his pulse settling to something less frenetic at the even tone his conversation partner takes. It's a strange thing, this calm in the face of all these trials: not even just with respect to their current predicament, but also under the enormity of some sort of inevitability that Atsushi can't quite imagine.
How humbling, that someone so kind can weather so many storms from so many directions.
Atsushi doesn't have a fraction of that sort of strength, he fancies, but it might be a bit contagious regardless; his expression becomes more neutral, the tension in his shoulders and neck less noticeable. ]
I'd... like that.
[ A nod, his words a bit slow to come. ]
B-but still! Please don't overdo it. [ His last bit of stubbornness before he'll back out and leave this well enough alone... for now. ] You're allowed to be selfish too, you know...
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How humbling, that someone so kind can weather so many storms from so many directions.
Atsushi doesn't have a fraction of that sort of strength, he fancies, but it might be a bit contagious regardless; his expression becomes more neutral, the tension in his shoulders and neck less noticeable. ]
I'd... like that.
[ A nod, his words a bit slow to come. ]
B-but still! Please don't overdo it. [ His last bit of stubbornness before he'll back out and leave this well enough alone... for now. ] You're allowed to be selfish too, you know...