[At first, he's just listening; a sympathetic ear. He doesn't blame Riz for scaring him. Most everything does, in some way and at some point. But Riz talking about it... That might help, and it's so rare that he does that in these cases.
Then Riz mentions dying, and Boober feels like he's been hit full-force by an attack from an Exploud, only instead of tangible waves of deafening sound, this is a powerful chill as his heart sinks right into his stomach. He's panicking, but only in a distant way does he recognize the sensations of an anxiety attack. His body is panicking, but it's like he's somewhere else.]
You died?
[Despite all he's feeling, his voice is small and quiet. Part of it is the shock, but there's also this desperate hope that he heard Riz wrong. That somehow he's misunderstanding, even though deep down he knows that's not it.]
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Then Riz mentions dying, and Boober feels like he's been hit full-force by an attack from an Exploud, only instead of tangible waves of deafening sound, this is a powerful chill as his heart sinks right into his stomach. He's panicking, but only in a distant way does he recognize the sensations of an anxiety attack. His body is panicking, but it's like he's somewhere else.]
You died?
[Despite all he's feeling, his voice is small and quiet. Part of it is the shock, but there's also this desperate hope that he heard Riz wrong. That somehow he's misunderstanding, even though deep down he knows that's not it.]