[So when the execution is finally over, Tuuri is still holding onto Lu Bixing's arm pretty tightly. But with Bucky dead and Hunter back to normal (?), Tuuri finally lets out an audible breath of air. Whatever trauma response she had, she's starting to come out of it.
But still, she whispers to Lu Bixing as she lets go of him, rather than talking at her normal volume.]
[ lu bixing has not moved at all to let tuuri cling to him as the execution ends - he locks eyes briefly with lin to let him know things are okay, but then, immediately, his entire attention is on tuuri. expression worried, brows knit together, he ducks a little to listen to the whisper. ]
It's okay. [ and matches her volume, just as quietly. ] Are you alright, Tuuri?
[She glances back to the now-empty stage. There's nothing there now. It's fine, whatever it was is over. She'll just have to keep telling herself that.]
Yeah, I'm okay. That was just...
[Horrifying? Triggering in a way she did not expect? Enough to keep her up for hours now?]
...a lot. But I'm fine now, really!
[This might actually be the first time that she's shifted from fear to that 'default, polite cheerfulness' she usually has. She does it with practiced ease too.]
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
Week 0, sunday
But still, she whispers to Lu Bixing as she lets go of him, rather than talking at her normal volume.]
Sorry about that.
i passed out so early last night maple im gomen
It's okay. [ and matches her volume, just as quietly. ] Are you alright, Tuuri?
It's ok!
Yeah, I'm okay. That was just...
[Horrifying? Triggering in a way she did not expect? Enough to keep her up for hours now?]
...a lot. But I'm fine now, really!
[This might actually be the first time that she's shifted from fear to that 'default, polite cheerfulness' she usually has. She does it with practiced ease too.]
no subject
there's a little pause as she does that, mostly because he's seen the exact same trauma response in himself. ok, tuuri.
gently, a little probing: ]
... Was it familiar? [ to see if maybe she'll talk about it...? ]
no subject
[She's very quiet for a moment, considering her words carefully.]
"If you come across a Beast, Troll, or Giant,
do not run or call for help
but stand still and stay silent.
It might go away."
It's something they teach children in my world.