[He takes that as his cue to clamber up onto the mattress, abandoning the floor entirely in favor of maneuvering his way up next to Polnareff as best he can, because he never knows the right thing to say in times like this and never has, but he can be a rock in a storm, an anchor in a tempest. He can do that. He can't do much but he can do that.]
Come here. Get over here, just —
[Just hold on to me, maybe, is what he means. Just know I'm here, though that's more callous, when the problem lies in the people who aren't.]
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[He takes that as his cue to clamber up onto the mattress, abandoning the floor entirely in favor of maneuvering his way up next to Polnareff as best he can, because he never knows the right thing to say in times like this and never has, but he can be a rock in a storm, an anchor in a tempest. He can do that. He can't do much but he can do that.]
Come here. Get over here, just —
[Just hold on to me, maybe, is what he means. Just know I'm here, though that's more callous, when the problem lies in the people who aren't.]