The world spun, caught, snagged on the words that so easily left her lips, as if it were a self-evident truth she'd told him aloud before this moment, a hundred times if not a thousand. A reassurance, as if...
Kell's fingers were numb, tingling as she released him, stunned- but in a sideways manner, he could not truly feel surprised. It slotted well into what they both already knew, what they felt, the trust between them.
Consciously, Kell closed his mouth, sat down beside her. Opened it, and nothing came out.
There were words, somewhere. Thoughts, somewhere. Rationality. Instead he simply reached for her, and as he touched her arm, he cracked himself open. Opened himself up for the first time in what seemed like lifetimes.
Kell had always let Neria into his mind, past the barriers so many encountered, but he had always held back, in part. Whether it was for her protection or his own, he couldn't say.
Mind to mind, heart to heart, he reached out for her.
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The world spun, caught, snagged on the words that so easily left her lips, as if it were a self-evident truth she'd told him aloud before this moment, a hundred times if not a thousand. A reassurance, as if...
Kell's fingers were numb, tingling as she released him, stunned- but in a sideways manner, he could not truly feel surprised. It slotted well into what they both already knew, what they felt, the trust between them.
Consciously, Kell closed his mouth, sat down beside her. Opened it, and nothing came out.
There were words, somewhere. Thoughts, somewhere. Rationality. Instead he simply reached for her, and as he touched her arm, he cracked himself open. Opened himself up for the first time in what seemed like lifetimes.
Kell had always let Neria into his mind, past the barriers so many encountered, but he had always held back, in part. Whether it was for her protection or his own, he couldn't say.
Mind to mind, heart to heart, he reached out for her.