Precisely. [viktor answers him with a touch of that now familiar fondness. pal's a little bit of a smartass even like this, it seems, with the trench dragging something out of him kicking and screaming.] And now we have a new and exciting perspective of the bathroom on top of it - and in all seriousness now I did not look into a mirror in the lab and end up in a troubling situation far from home.
[so yup, pal did good, sorry. his thumb keeps up its steady rhythm, up and down over the back of pal's neck to the first bump of his spine, an attempt at soothing, clockwork motion.]
Did he say something similar? I will certainly like him then, he has good sense. [not that he doubted that but still, extra points on the paul card.] I could give you the science of it, if you like. The chemical compound of a breakdown, endorphins and serotonin and all those ways the mind is just a complex and intricate machine regulating itself with your tears and trembling. I suppose that's just a fancy way of saying I think you put far too much on your own shoulders with claims like that, that you will not unravel.
Why should you not unravel sometimes anyway? I doubt you would judge any of those close to you for doing the same. [he absolutely can think of reasons- hell, he has his own reasons for sometimes doing the same, but the point is less to make guess and more to hear what pal has to say about it. walking through the process of it seems kinder than trying to drag him through to reach some end point of just accepting it.]
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[so yup, pal did good, sorry. his thumb keeps up its steady rhythm, up and down over the back of pal's neck to the first bump of his spine, an attempt at soothing, clockwork motion.]
Did he say something similar? I will certainly like him then, he has good sense. [not that he doubted that but still, extra points on the paul card.] I could give you the science of it, if you like. The chemical compound of a breakdown, endorphins and serotonin and all those ways the mind is just a complex and intricate machine regulating itself with your tears and trembling. I suppose that's just a fancy way of saying I think you put far too much on your own shoulders with claims like that, that you will not unravel.
Why should you not unravel sometimes anyway? I doubt you would judge any of those close to you for doing the same. [he absolutely can think of reasons- hell, he has his own reasons for sometimes doing the same, but the point is less to make guess and more to hear what pal has to say about it. walking through the process of it seems kinder than trying to drag him through to reach some end point of just accepting it.]