So someone left. That's a different kind of divine trick, one that isn't smoothed over so easily. Kai's not usually this easily rattled, so Shinji can only assume it was someone he was close with, given the only other time he can really recall Kai looking so distraught was... that nightmare about Kei. That had a whole different layer of terror to it, but the underlying fear was, probably, still quite close.
"I'm sorry," he replies softly. It's such an unpredictable thing, and Shinji's not sure that he has any reassuring words to give him that wouldn't ring hollow with Havenwell's unpredictable nature. It must feel awful.
"I think... it's okay, to feel hurt and afraid." It's painful! And scary! Of course it's only natural to react that way. He gives Kai's shoulder a gentle squeeze, shifting his weight a bit as he does to inch in a little closer. "I'll stay with you as long as you need me to."
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So someone left. That's a different kind of divine trick, one that isn't smoothed over so easily. Kai's not usually this easily rattled, so Shinji can only assume it was someone he was close with, given the only other time he can really recall Kai looking so distraught was... that nightmare about Kei. That had a whole different layer of terror to it, but the underlying fear was, probably, still quite close.
"I'm sorry," he replies softly. It's such an unpredictable thing, and Shinji's not sure that he has any reassuring words to give him that wouldn't ring hollow with Havenwell's unpredictable nature. It must feel awful.
"I think... it's okay, to feel hurt and afraid." It's painful! And scary! Of course it's only natural to react that way. He gives Kai's shoulder a gentle squeeze, shifting his weight a bit as he does to inch in a little closer. "I'll stay with you as long as you need me to."