[Reluctance, apprehension, anxiety. All of it big, noisy, glancing off the sides of his determined focus, the impact drawing his attention sharply and completely back to Seth. Seth who needs something from him, a fact that immediately holds far more importance than the idea of everything pulsing and breathing out beyond.
But even in the spill and flow of their minds together, Richard can't tell what Seth needs. Left pressing, looking for it, uncertainty and concern. How do we turn it off? is only met with incredulity, why would you want to? Richard dismisses it. Hand flexing against the nape of Seth's neck, unconscious, instinctive attempts to soothe.]
(I'll figure this out, brother.)
[Does it even need saying? This is just another challenge, another unknown, another safe to study and dissect and crack open. Richard will figure it out. Seth should already know that.]
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But even in the spill and flow of their minds together, Richard can't tell what Seth needs. Left pressing, looking for it, uncertainty and concern. How do we turn it off? is only met with incredulity, why would you want to? Richard dismisses it. Hand flexing against the nape of Seth's neck, unconscious, instinctive attempts to soothe.]
( I'll figure this out, brother. )
[Does it even need saying? This is just another challenge, another unknown, another safe to study and dissect and crack open. Richard will figure it out. Seth should already know that.]