KORBIN
Leave my loneliness unbroken!
- quit the bust above my door!
- quit the bust above my door!
This was a kind intimacy he wasn't familiar with. His bond with Weaver went deep, but it was wholly different to be able to lay bare your soul to someone, and have them respond in kind. The doubt sent from Loren made him examine his own feelings. Did he mean the words he said, or had they been empty? "... yes. I am," he thought back. Sounding a bit puzzled about it himself.
The quick exchange of emotions was much more gentle than the previous one he'd experienced. There was a beat of painful silence before Korbin responded, and when he did, there was a deep regret lacing through his thoughts. "I don't think he deserved it this time... I threw this at him."
For just an instant, Loren would be given a glimpse of everything that went on inside Korbin. Loss, rage, grief, pain and every other black emotion lurking in the teenage mind... Not a pleasant sight. Definitely not you should hurl at someone like it was a weapon.
"He... struck back."
And perhaps he didn't need to say anything about what that had been like. He was still reeling from it, his subdued manners a direct consequence of that exchange. It had given the kid more than a little to think about.
The quick exchange of emotions was much more gentle than the previous one he'd experienced. There was a beat of painful silence before Korbin responded, and when he did, there was a deep regret lacing through his thoughts. "I don't think he deserved it this time... I threw this at him."
For just an instant, Loren would be given a glimpse of everything that went on inside Korbin. Loss, rage, grief, pain and every other black emotion lurking in the teenage mind... Not a pleasant sight. Definitely not you should hurl at someone like it was a weapon.
"He... struck back."
And perhaps he didn't need to say anything about what that had been like. He was still reeling from it, his subdued manners a direct consequence of that exchange. It had given the kid more than a little to think about.
Quoth the Raven,
"Nevermore."
"Nevermore."
