[The promise is easy to make, anyway, even if he's left standing uncertainly into the drawn out silence. He doesn't look around - he doesn't have to - but neither does he look up from the mask. His eyes go unfocused so he can see the blurry shape of Abigail just at the edge of his vision without looking directly at her.
She starts speaking again in the moment he moves, stepping over in front of her and then folding neatly down to the floor, compact and balanced, placing the mask in his cross-legged lap. His hands are next, folding every bit as neatly, every bit as self-contained over top of it.]
It helps. [This is not a question. It is a marker, put out to use for navigation a few steps later down the path of logic.] What about it do you find comforting?
[ Spam ]
[The promise is easy to make, anyway, even if he's left standing uncertainly into the drawn out silence. He doesn't look around - he doesn't have to - but neither does he look up from the mask. His eyes go unfocused so he can see the blurry shape of Abigail just at the edge of his vision without looking directly at her.
She starts speaking again in the moment he moves, stepping over in front of her and then folding neatly down to the floor, compact and balanced, placing the mask in his cross-legged lap. His hands are next, folding every bit as neatly, every bit as self-contained over top of it.]
It helps. [This is not a question. It is a marker, put out to use for navigation a few steps later down the path of logic.] What about it do you find comforting?