[ Five means to be attentive, but his expression twists into a grimace as she moves past him and the loss she must feel radiates off of her. Because, as he remembers, he's going insane. As she moves to sit, he pulls at his hair and tries to smother the feeling back down.
His eyes are glassy when he sits beside her on the steps and he has to concentrate on what she said. The insight he may have gotten into how she feels only makes it worse. He has an urge to put a hand on her shoulder, but it seems awkward coming from him, and he only ends up staring ahead. ]
It's not... [ He frowns. ] You couldn't have known. She showed up the same way you did.
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His eyes are glassy when he sits beside her on the steps and he has to concentrate on what she said. The insight he may have gotten into how she feels only makes it worse. He has an urge to put a hand on her shoulder, but it seems awkward coming from him, and he only ends up staring ahead. ]
It's not... [ He frowns. ] You couldn't have known. She showed up the same way you did.