NATE
How could he be anything other than apologetic, seeing Sunjata in this state? Knowing that it had been this bad while he was gone, knowing he hadn't been here to help mitigate anything. Cool hands smooth along the attuned's back, trying to work away the tension, the trembling.
Understanding clicks right away, though Nate can't offer anything at first, teeth worrying at his lip. Sunjata shifts, pulls away, despite how the ascended's arms tighten to keep him close, Nate throwing a glance over his shoulder at the window. "He can't be here, can he?" How low were the actual chances? And the chance that he was here, and had managed to go unnoticed by everyone but Sunjata was even lower.
Is he supposed to know what to say in the face of all of this? Nate feels like he should, feels like he should have an answer for this, or at least something reassuring. "I'm back now." He offers after a moment of thought, his mismatched eyes bright beneath worried brows, searching Sunjata's face for anything that might help him figure this out. "Do you think it's like... like when we saw Ru?" Not that he's trying to dismiss what it is Sunjata is going through, not at all. If anything, he's trying to do the opposite, trying to offer a rational explanation.
Understanding clicks right away, though Nate can't offer anything at first, teeth worrying at his lip. Sunjata shifts, pulls away, despite how the ascended's arms tighten to keep him close, Nate throwing a glance over his shoulder at the window. "He can't be here, can he?" How low were the actual chances? And the chance that he was here, and had managed to go unnoticed by everyone but Sunjata was even lower.
Is he supposed to know what to say in the face of all of this? Nate feels like he should, feels like he should have an answer for this, or at least something reassuring. "I'm back now." He offers after a moment of thought, his mismatched eyes bright beneath worried brows, searching Sunjata's face for anything that might help him figure this out. "Do you think it's like... like when we saw Ru?" Not that he's trying to dismiss what it is Sunjata is going through, not at all. If anything, he's trying to do the opposite, trying to offer a rational explanation.
killed my old self
but the new me isn't much better
but the new me isn't much better
