[ Kalim realizes he's free once Nico starts speaking, fear wracking his body in the form of terrified shivers. Once he recognizes what's happened, it's instinctual for him to clamber up, putting distance between them.
There are two warring sides-- the side that wants to reassure Nico. Make sure he knows he isn't mad and isn't scared.
And then the side that is very much terrified, reacting to traumas both remembered and buried deep within his psyche. He has to catch his breath, but he hasn't stopped backing away. ]
I'm sorry...
[ he manages, the strangled words all he can get out to really get at his thoughts-- before he bolts, as fast as he can manage, to the closest safety he can find. ]
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There are two warring sides-- the side that wants to reassure Nico. Make sure he knows he isn't mad and isn't scared.
And then the side that is very much terrified, reacting to traumas both remembered and buried deep within his psyche. He has to catch his breath, but he hasn't stopped backing away. ]
I'm sorry...
[ he manages, the strangled words all he can get out to really get at his thoughts-- before he bolts, as fast as he can manage, to the closest safety he can find. ]