[ Surprisingly, or perhaps not so much, his voice isn't trembling. He's resolved to do this, to remain awake watching his father; he's even taken the specific steps to do so, to the detriment of his health.
All she wants is to understand, not to admonish him. He's probably heard it enough of that from others. Thus instead, she slowly attempts to divine the whys for herself, if he is too afraid to say them: ] You... do not want to miss it... [ She her gaze falls from his expression to their hands. If she is right about this guess, then she wonders if she should say it at all. The words alone are an anxiety already fashioned into a knife. ] if he should vanish.
[ Knowing how loud those whispers are for him, even if she cannot understand them, he's chosen this path to remain awake. It's incredible that he's able to sit upright.... but, Architect, his motive is painfully understandable. What child wouldn't want to be near their father, in a moment like this? ]
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All she wants is to understand, not to admonish him. He's probably heard it enough of that from others. Thus instead, she slowly attempts to divine the whys for herself, if he is too afraid to say them: ] You... do not want to miss it... [ She her gaze falls from his expression to their hands. If she is right about this guess, then she wonders if she should say it at all. The words alone are an anxiety already fashioned into a knife. ] if he should vanish.
[ Knowing how loud those whispers are for him, even if she cannot understand them, he's chosen this path to remain awake. It's incredible that he's able to sit upright.... but, Architect, his motive is painfully understandable. What child wouldn't want to be near their father, in a moment like this? ]