[ Of course she had an ulterior motive, but it's nothing he resents. Given everything that's happened in the short time they've been here, of course she'd be worried about him - especially now that a good bit of the people he knows from home are gone. Better for them too, but he won't deny he feels just a little lonely, and he closes his eyes, taking comfort in the hand on his and in the weight resting against him.
It's grounding the same way that following his instincts to burrow has been, even if he doesn't... like that he feels better doing so. He turns his hand over to better hold hers, exhaling slowly. His mind's mostly clear, and he gives her a mental nudge back to demonstrate so, though it's littered with pinpricks of restrained self-loathing. ]
...I'm doing better than I have been, [ he mumbles softly, in better explanation. ] Compared to the last two moons, anyway...
[ Which isn't saying much, but he brushes aside those feelings before they get too far. ]
Kinda sucks. [ Ritsu's quiet for another moment, opening his eyes again. He hates they don't match anymore ] I think the rest of 'em were lucky, goin' home before they got too far.
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It's grounding the same way that following his instincts to burrow has been, even if he doesn't... like that he feels better doing so. He turns his hand over to better hold hers, exhaling slowly. His mind's mostly clear, and he gives her a mental nudge back to demonstrate so, though it's littered with pinpricks of restrained self-loathing. ]
...I'm doing better than I have been, [ he mumbles softly, in better explanation. ] Compared to the last two moons, anyway...
[ Which isn't saying much, but he brushes aside those feelings before they get too far. ]
Kinda sucks. [ Ritsu's quiet for another moment, opening his eyes again. He hates they don't match anymore ] I think the rest of 'em were lucky, goin' home before they got too far.