[It really has been a long time since he's held her like this, or any of their ragtag family. If only he'd known what would happen back home at Father's, if only he'd known he'd end up in a place like this where he'd end up nearly a year away from all his family... He wouldn't have held back from all of them, not nearly as much.]
[No one reflects like a dead man does.]
[Her muffled question pulls him out of all of it, however, but it's one he's been expecting. He presses his face against her hair and takes a deep breath.]
Ain't nothin' for ya ta worry about. Just seemed ta lost it when I got here myself.
[It's a practiced lie, the one he used with Doll. Something in the back of his mind, however, is worried it won't work. Beast has always been able to see through him, it seems.]
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[No one reflects like a dead man does.]
[Her muffled question pulls him out of all of it, however, but it's one he's been expecting. He presses his face against her hair and takes a deep breath.]
Ain't nothin' for ya ta worry about. Just seemed ta lost it when I got here myself.
[It's a practiced lie, the one he used with Doll. Something in the back of his mind, however, is worried it won't work. Beast has always been able to see through him, it seems.]