[ Her words, more than anything else, cause him to flinch. He recoils as if she had actually slapped him, the wild outburst of emotion suddenly frozen - it'd be a stretch to say he's calmed down, but at least his grip on reality stops slipping any further.
There's probably something he could have said in reply, possibly to reassure her - but his instinct to flee conflicts head-on with his instinct to at least redeem his own inferiority, and it ends up in a convoluted mess that doesn't find any outlet except in his quiet tears.
this is what happens when u have 2 self deprecating people..... cries
There's probably something he could have said in reply, possibly to reassure her - but his instinct to flee conflicts head-on with his instinct to at least redeem his own inferiority, and it ends up in a convoluted mess that doesn't find any outlet except in his quiet tears.
He's crying not water, but blood. ]