[And all he does, in the next moment, is reach out and cover her hand with his own.]
It's going to be okay.
[A lot of people say that, a lot of people mean it, but when words like that come from Rethe, they might as well be Gospel Truth. And it's because he wouldn't ever say it unless he was certain that it was going to happen.]
Talk to me?
[About anything, about everything, about nothing at all. She needed a human voice and a human ear, and he was quite happy to provide that for her.]
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[And all he does, in the next moment, is reach out and cover her hand with his own.]
It's going to be okay.
[A lot of people say that, a lot of people mean it, but when words like that come from Rethe, they might as well be Gospel Truth. And it's because he wouldn't ever say it unless he was certain that it was going to happen.]
Talk to me?
[About anything, about everything, about nothing at all. She needed a human voice and a human ear, and he was quite happy to provide that for her.]