[ he's mostly learned to not ask questions about scientific things that might be weird or invasive so he will not ask about these tentacle hairs even if he really wants to. maybe? we're learning.
and, in fact, after a moment, and really only because rynlan saw that memory of his... ]
I locked myself in my house alone for a hundred days after Lin and my father died.
[ so there you go.
(he doesn't add - it's not the first time, either, that he isolated himself from the world. it's just more recent.)]
[it's almost like they're petting him back, but the response is closer to something like an anemone reacting to stimulus.
he's quiet a moment, there.]
I would have, if I could. Got delayed on my end, had to wait until they released me, but after I went home-- didn't speak to anyone for a long time. Slept on the sofa for months too, I couldn't... the bedroom stayed locked.
[ haaah. he exhales a little sharply, fingers twitching, and looks away. ]
...The attic, for me. [ that's where the majority of lin's stuff was. but, it was the same - he slept on the couch, on his desk. never anywhere near his own bed. ] Did anyone pull you out of it?
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and, in fact, after a moment, and really only because rynlan saw that memory of his... ]
I locked myself in my house alone for a hundred days after Lin and my father died.
[ so there you go.
(he doesn't add - it's not the first time, either, that he isolated himself from the world. it's just more recent.)]
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he's quiet a moment, there.]
I would have, if I could. Got delayed on my end, had to wait until they released me, but after I went home-- didn't speak to anyone for a long time. Slept on the sofa for months too, I couldn't... the bedroom stayed locked.
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...The attic, for me. [ that's where the majority of lin's stuff was. but, it was the same - he slept on the couch, on his desk. never anywhere near his own bed. ] Did anyone pull you out of it?
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[he's still just splayed on the table, not lifting his head at all. the conversation's easiest that way.]