... You just reacted. Because it was too close to something else.
[He says it quietly. Thoughtfully. It really does sound familiar. Like how every time he tried to think about that day, that night, his brain short-circuited. How trying to talk to Keith about it had resulted in something so real, he could have sworn he was there.]
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[He says it quietly. Thoughtfully. It really does sound familiar. Like how every time he tried to think about that day, that night, his brain short-circuited. How trying to talk to Keith about it had resulted in something so real, he could have sworn he was there.]
[One hand squeezes Jean's shoulder again. It's okay. He's here. He's got you.]
I'm sorry. You shouldn't... have to know what this is. What it feels like.