[He pauses, looking up at Cassel, at the brilliant smile suddenly overtaking his face, and something in his chest unknots a little bit. He's not sure what it was he said now that was any different from what he said before, but he somehow believes that smile in a way he didn't believe Cassel's bullshit smirking from before.
Thank God, he thinks -- at least he's done something right today. He doesn't really smile back the way Cassel does, but there's a flicker of something across his face that echoes the relief in his heart.]
'kay. Well.
[He hovers for a second, wordless, then raises the back of his hand to indicate the freshly-bleeding cuts again.]
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Thank God, he thinks -- at least he's done something right today. He doesn't really smile back the way Cassel does, but there's a flicker of something across his face that echoes the relief in his heart.]
'kay. Well.
[He hovers for a second, wordless, then raises the back of his hand to indicate the freshly-bleeding cuts again.]
I should...