[ he doesn't sound all that mad about it, really, because it's just out there, but still. vax reaches up to rub the back of his neck, about to say something else, but when emet cuts himself off, he pauses, cocking his head like a bird.
... ]
...Might as well let it out, mate, it's gonna happen no matter what.
frowning - vax softens a little, genuine concern on his face, and reaches out. he has already proved himself completely unafraid of getting in emet's personal space, so he puts his hand on his arm. ]
Hey - hey. It's alright. Just you and me, big guy. I spilled half my shit into your lap just now. You hold onto mine, I'll hold onto yours.
[stop being so touchy-- he tenses further beneath it, pulling his arm back reflexively.
he's quiet for several moments, before he speaks.]
Not long before coming here, I- there was a strange visitor to our home. One that seemed to be naught but a familiar, albeit with the same color to their soul as a... colleague of mine. Strange, for a familiar to have a soul at all, but we brought it with us nevertheless.
[a slow exhale, though he is no less on edge.]
They claim to be-- they say they are a version of that person. From the future. A piece of their soul after our very world was... broken. A thoroughly ridiculous claim to make, and yet that color-
[...ugh. he scowls further, there. he meant to keep that last bit to himself.]
...worse, the others I currently work with believe them.
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[ he doesn't sound all that mad about it, really, because it's just out there, but still. vax reaches up to rub the back of his neck, about to say something else, but when emet cuts himself off, he pauses, cocking his head like a bird.
... ]
...Might as well let it out, mate, it's gonna happen no matter what.
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[one hand is clenched, there.]
I could not simply--
[a long, slow inhale, trying to steady himself. fuck. it's right on the tip of his tongue.]
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frowning - vax softens a little, genuine concern on his face, and reaches out. he has already proved himself completely unafraid of getting in emet's personal space, so he puts his hand on his arm. ]
Hey - hey. It's alright. Just you and me, big guy. I spilled half my shit into your lap just now. You hold onto mine, I'll hold onto yours.
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he's quiet for several moments, before he speaks.]
Not long before coming here, I- there was a strange visitor to our home. One that seemed to be naught but a familiar, albeit with the same color to their soul as a... colleague of mine. Strange, for a familiar to have a soul at all, but we brought it with us nevertheless.
[a slow exhale, though he is no less on edge.]
They claim to be-- they say they are a version of that person. From the future. A piece of their soul after our very world was... broken. A thoroughly ridiculous claim to make, and yet that color-
[...ugh. he scowls further, there. he meant to keep that last bit to himself.]
...worse, the others I currently work with believe them.