[ Murphy drifts off to sleep. Bellamy lies awake and lets the ebb and flow of Murphy's mind wash over him. He doesn't quite manage sleep himself, but he dozes in and out a few times. Murphy's mind doesn't turn back to claustrophobia and isolation. Bellamy keeps close anyway, as if to block out any possibility of it entirely.
But the sudden invasion of the guards shocks Bellamy to full awareness. He feels almost as if he has to scramble to hold on tightly to the connection between them through the chaos of Murphy's transport. Right up until the door opened, Bellamy had worried that they were moving Murphy to another part of the prison. The idea of being further separated hadn't sat well.
He doesn't move. Bellamy stays seated on the cot, but he straights up as Murphy approaches. ]
You're bleeding.
[ Bellamy's not going to quibble about the stretch of time Murphy had been locked up. It had been enough to dredge up Murphy's nightmares. But there's blood on his hands, and Bellamy can question that. It's something he can deal with directly, at least. ]
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But the sudden invasion of the guards shocks Bellamy to full awareness. He feels almost as if he has to scramble to hold on tightly to the connection between them through the chaos of Murphy's transport. Right up until the door opened, Bellamy had worried that they were moving Murphy to another part of the prison. The idea of being further separated hadn't sat well.
He doesn't move. Bellamy stays seated on the cot, but he straights up as Murphy approaches. ]
You're bleeding.
[ Bellamy's not going to quibble about the stretch of time Murphy had been locked up. It had been enough to dredge up Murphy's nightmares. But there's blood on his hands, and Bellamy can question that. It's something he can deal with directly, at least. ]