[When the new faces arrive... he doesn't say much. Doesn't peel himself out of the corner he's stashed himself away in for the time being. Keeping his mental walls up, keeping himself held back. It's safer for anyone new. His brain is a mess of worry. Of tension held in suspense.]
[No one else needs that.]
[He does crack an eye open as people start entering. It's not the face he was expecting to see. But even so--]
arrival
[No one else needs that.]
[He does crack an eye open as people start entering. It's not the face he was expecting to see. But even so--]
Helen... right?