[Paul is aware of the presence of the others, their positions and relative conditions. It's impossible to be fully unobserved, but besides Sayo, none of this is new to anyone sharing these hellish caverns with them. So Paul isn't self-conscious of pressing his forehead back against Kaworu's for that half-moment.
Reassurance tends to go both ways between them, call and response, so Paul puts his thumbs to the crooks of Kaworu's elbows and taps a one-two pulse, the same rhythm he used to signal all's well in the puzzle room.
Someone else might make a joke about being glad to be more personable than Kaworu's killer; someone else might say something about the impossible sadness of it.]
I hope so too. [He smiles softly.] Take as long as you need. It's all right.
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Reassurance tends to go both ways between them, call and response, so Paul puts his thumbs to the crooks of Kaworu's elbows and taps a one-two pulse, the same rhythm he used to signal all's well in the puzzle room.
Someone else might make a joke about being glad to be more personable than Kaworu's killer; someone else might say something about the impossible sadness of it.]
I hope so too. [He smiles softly.] Take as long as you need. It's all right.