[The reply is blunt and slightly detached. His eyes have not moved from the area he has chosen to leave them. It's not his fault that he cannot disassociate in peace, now that the bond exists. It's the only way he knows how to sit.
But he is still present enough to be offended by her pointing it out.]
The sooner you figure that thing out, the sooner -- it will stop.
[He trips over his words slightly. The first thought was "the sooner you can leave", but he hadn't wanted to put that thought to the air. At the last second, his thoughts had supplied him with something else.]
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[The reply is blunt and slightly detached. His eyes have not moved from the area he has chosen to leave them. It's not his fault that he cannot disassociate in peace, now that the bond exists. It's the only way he knows how to sit.
But he is still present enough to be offended by her pointing it out.]
The sooner you figure that thing out, the sooner -- it will stop.
[He trips over his words slightly. The first thought was "the sooner you can leave", but he hadn't wanted to put that thought to the air. At the last second, his thoughts had supplied him with something else.]