[Aldreios can't bring himself to reply again to what it was Mithos said, not when his throat feels so thick and constricted, burned by words that had wanted to escape for so long when he heard those words. The other halfling had hardly been the first to say that, and he doubted he would be the last. It was a fact of life, that there would always be pain. He only wished there didn't have to be so much of it...
His head ducks to hide his face in Frey's chest, shoulders hunched as though he were starting to curl into himself. And perhaps he was, if his hands weren't gripping so tightly onto Frey's arms as he trembled; if he was hurting the older man, he didn't notice. Not when strangled noises managed to escape and he felt so sick, clinging to this man who was his only anchor right now.
Looking at Mithos at this very moment was unthinkable, not when he felt he would only hurt so much worse if he did. The pain he was feeling right now wasn't his alone, and it was so much more than he could handle even as the earth began to calm down. To look at Mithos would mean inviting his heart to try to take on as much of his anguish as he could, and he couldn't bear it anymore as he trembled more violently, wanting to scream but being unable to.]
/snugs Kath forever
His head ducks to hide his face in Frey's chest, shoulders hunched as though he were starting to curl into himself. And perhaps he was, if his hands weren't gripping so tightly onto Frey's arms as he trembled; if he was hurting the older man, he didn't notice. Not when strangled noises managed to escape and he felt so sick, clinging to this man who was his only anchor right now.
Looking at Mithos at this very moment was unthinkable, not when he felt he would only hurt so much worse if he did. The pain he was feeling right now wasn't his alone, and it was so much more than he could handle even as the earth began to calm down. To look at Mithos would mean inviting his heart to try to take on as much of his anguish as he could, and he couldn't bear it anymore as he trembled more violently, wanting to scream but being unable to.]