[KQ] Hush

remi The higher I climb the farther I fall when I do Remi too heard the sound head, though he didn't halt as abruptly as Sam had. As a result the alchemist collided with the ascended in a way that made Remi flinch and recoil. Without sight the relative warmth of the bookmaker's body and his sudden presence felt overwhelmingly large and oppressive in the tunnel, which again without sight, Remi's mind had made to feel quite small. "Sorry I did not—" see you there, but of course that was obvious. Feeling Sam's outstretched arm, Remi hesitated for a moment. Even without the societal worries of the land he'd just come from, Remi's trust had very recently been shattered and even down here where his very life might depend on it, some of that jadedness felt sharp and difficult to avoid. Swallowing, Remi reached out, his dexterous fingers finding Sam's arm, and then sliding down towards his hand. It wasn't necessarily an intimate gesture, not down here with things crumbling around them and strange sounds ahead, but still it was more contact than the alchemist's fragile mind would have necessarily wanted. But it wasn't as though he had much choice. "Alright." Remi whispered in response, his fingers pulsing gently against Sam's own to punctuate his meaning.