[But her response has taken him otherwise by surprise, which is enough to knock his flight or fight response down a notch so that he can finally sheath it away without feeling like he is leaving the both of them vulnerable.]
I am not talking about angry at having the memories seen! I am very trustworthy. I am talking about—
[He cuts himself off here because Jingyi is feeling a familiar anger now, not just one born of fear. Because now that he is not in the moment, there are dots starting to connect. He moves into her space, because that is the best way he can think of to make sure she hears him when he drops his volume. This is something that belongs to Miu and he is not entirely an idiot.]
—the fact that horrible people sacrificed you. Was that what that was? You were pulled from a box. No—you called it a reliquary. You. [Were not angry. Were not prepared.] I did not understand. I do not understand. Who were those people? What was the ghost speaking to you about?
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[But her response has taken him otherwise by surprise, which is enough to knock his flight or fight response down a notch so that he can finally sheath it away without feeling like he is leaving the both of them vulnerable.]
I am not talking about angry at having the memories seen! I am very trustworthy. I am talking about—
[He cuts himself off here because Jingyi is feeling a familiar anger now, not just one born of fear. Because now that he is not in the moment, there are dots starting to connect. He moves into her space, because that is the best way he can think of to make sure she hears him when he drops his volume. This is something that belongs to Miu and he is not entirely an idiot.]
—the fact that horrible people sacrificed you. Was that what that was? You were pulled from a box. No—you called it a reliquary. You. [Were not angry. Were not prepared.] I did not understand. I do not understand. Who were those people? What was the ghost speaking to you about?