[ Not a stranger? They've only known each other a few weeks. Is it usually so easy for people to draw close to each other? He's never tried. But the truth is, he does feel a little at ease with Ganymede. His earlier guarded suspicion has melted away from the heat of the hands still clasped in his. ]
I... I don't mind your company, either.
[ He doesn't know what actions Ganymede could even mean. He's scarcely done anything. But... maybe it's acceptable to let that stand as it is, too. The tension in Ganymede's expression right now is such a welcome echo of his own emotional state that he feels a little more of his own fear evaporate. ]
If you wish to talk about any of it, I can listen.
[ He doesn't want to talk about his. But Ganymede had said before that the feelings seemed to fester when he held them in; maybe this is something he can do for him. He won't ask any of the many things he's wondering until Ganymede volunteers it -- what had happened during that time in captivity, how he was freed. Even knowing that would hardly tell him anything about the shape of the scars left behind.
There are other things he wants to ask that would tell him just as little. How Ganymede found a goal again after all that. What drew him to it. What his family thought of it. What it was like... ]
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I... I don't mind your company, either.
[ He doesn't know what actions Ganymede could even mean. He's scarcely done anything. But... maybe it's acceptable to let that stand as it is, too. The tension in Ganymede's expression right now is such a welcome echo of his own emotional state that he feels a little more of his own fear evaporate. ]
If you wish to talk about any of it, I can listen.
[ He doesn't want to talk about his. But Ganymede had said before that the feelings seemed to fester when he held them in; maybe this is something he can do for him. He won't ask any of the many things he's wondering until Ganymede volunteers it -- what had happened during that time in captivity, how he was freed. Even knowing that would hardly tell him anything about the shape of the scars left behind.
There are other things he wants to ask that would tell him just as little. How Ganymede found a goal again after all that. What drew him to it. What his family thought of it. What it was like... ]