[Three, she says - fine. Sera can take three. He frowns at that, but with the way he falls quiet it's clear he'll accept it.
Three's not so far from five.
But it's still less.
So maybe a minute passes before he starts to fidget. Hands on his knees, hands off. Leaning on the arm of his side of the bench - no, leaning back while he can.
This isn't relaxing at all. He's never felt this much pressure just sitting down and - ]
... I'm sorry, I CAN'T TAKE THIS ANYMORE!
[Ah, there's his old voice back, but maybe it really is too much for him. Since barely moments after he stands abruptly to just leave her alone and be done with it, well -
He wobbles a bit, and suddenly seems a lot shorter than he already is. Because yep, he's ended up in a sad tumble to the ground. At least he's managed to save enough dignity not to fall on his face, leaning back with his arms propped up and giving the weariest sigh in the world.]
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Three's not so far from five.
But it's still less.
So maybe a minute passes before he starts to fidget. Hands on his knees, hands off. Leaning on the arm of his side of the bench - no, leaning back while he can.
This isn't relaxing at all. He's never felt this much pressure just sitting down and - ]
... I'm sorry, I CAN'T TAKE THIS ANYMORE!
[Ah, there's his old voice back, but maybe it really is too much for him. Since barely moments after he stands abruptly to just leave her alone and be done with it, well -
He wobbles a bit, and suddenly seems a lot shorter than he already is. Because yep, he's ended up in a sad tumble to the ground. At least he's managed to save enough dignity not to fall on his face, leaning back with his arms propped up and giving the weariest sigh in the world.]
Bench is yours, okay.