[ When silence fills between them, it's both comfortable and uncomfortable. He still has his blade in hand but at least it's been considerably loosened from the death grip earlier. Joonghyuk still lingering nearby him from his earlier support and the reader keeps his gaze averted. He remembers his travels afterward. Drifting between existing and not existing. Really, were it not for the Fourth Wall, he would have been dead. His eyes close and when he hears those words it... strikes something in him. There's... happiness in that. Relief. But also wondering.
Jin is the one that reacts first, seeming to start limping her way over to Dokja but halfway through does she freeze, peering back at Niah. She lingers for a moment with her gaze until she does her best to run the rest of her way to Dokja to jump and smoothly shift into her white-necked raven form. It's a struggle to keep herself in flight long enough, but she catches herself on his sleeve and climbs the rest of the way up to his shoulder.
He sets his blade away, turning to make his way to leave the room but pauses at the door and looks back with a tired smile. ]
I'll need you to keep trusting me. Even here.
[ He doesn't need to wait for an answer, since he'll leave not a moment after. stupid kdj ]
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Jin is the one that reacts first, seeming to start limping her way over to Dokja but halfway through does she freeze, peering back at Niah. She lingers for a moment with her gaze until she does her best to run the rest of her way to Dokja to jump and smoothly shift into her white-necked raven form. It's a struggle to keep herself in flight long enough, but she catches herself on his sleeve and climbs the rest of the way up to his shoulder.
He sets his blade away, turning to make his way to leave the room but pauses at the door and looks back with a tired smile. ]
I'll need you to keep trusting me. Even here.
[ He doesn't need to wait for an answer, since he'll leave not a moment after.
stupid kdj]