Clavell had lifted up his other hand and rested it on the opposite shoulder, taking that extra step needed so he was standing in front of Turo, just like that as he listened. Watching his face, and somehow not lingering too long on the shards of crystal.
Fingers curled, squeezing those shoulders in his grasp.]
I- I had a terrible, terrible feeling. He had actually gone through with it, despite--
[Despite so much, stubborn and wanting so much to make a dream a reality when there had already been signs that it may not have been the best of ideas. Being down there himself-
He met those inhuman eyes with his own after opening them again.]
... I am sure you did your best. Throughout it all.
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[After so long-
Clavell had lifted up his other hand and rested it on the opposite shoulder, taking that extra step needed so he was standing in front of Turo, just like that as he listened. Watching his face, and somehow not lingering too long on the shards of crystal.
Fingers curled, squeezing those shoulders in his grasp.]
I- I had a terrible, terrible feeling. He had actually gone through with it, despite--
[Despite so much, stubborn and wanting so much to make a dream a reality when there had already been signs that it may not have been the best of ideas. Being down there himself-
He met those inhuman eyes with his own after opening them again.]
... I am sure you did your best. Throughout it all.
[What had his old friend done?]