[ he does notice that hint of a frown. it isn't the first time he's seen it, but he can gather it carries a different weight. a different feeling. he suspects everyone had their very specific vulnerabilities. those that can't easily be detected on a day to day basis, but that gradually eats away at you little by little until it consumes you entirely. only, after combating it with sheer endurance and forward-looking tenacity, you repeat this process again and again like clockwork.
maybe that's what people call trauma?
regardless, sometimes he felt he could see glimpses of it in someone else he knew, albeit he didn't know her for very long. but, something about the hollowness in her expression or the solitary air she carried occasionally struck him. it's not the same with lumine exactly, but at times like these... it was kind of nice to just share in the atmosphere, even if neither party was truly revealing all their cards. ]
A twin brother. Damn, that would have been hell. [ presuming he was in the same circumstances... only closer. ]
But, it sounds like you two get along. [ a statement, more or less. if she was undergoing a similar set of circumstances, she probably wouldn't have been as inquisitive, after all. still, even though he speaks it, he isn't envious in the least, if just because he's never really considered any other reality for himself. ]
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maybe that's what people call trauma?
regardless, sometimes he felt he could see glimpses of it in someone else he knew, albeit he didn't know her for very long. but, something about the hollowness in her expression or the solitary air she carried occasionally struck him. it's not the same with lumine exactly, but at times like these... it was kind of nice to just share in the atmosphere, even if neither party was truly revealing all their cards. ]
A twin brother. Damn, that would have been hell. [ presuming he was in the same circumstances... only closer. ]
But, it sounds like you two get along. [ a statement, more or less. if she was undergoing a similar set of circumstances, she probably wouldn't have been as inquisitive, after all. still, even though he speaks it, he isn't envious in the least, if just because he's never really considered any other reality for himself. ]