[ He's thankful she let him answer it that way, even as he feels slightly guilty for not giving her the answer she wanted. She'll learn the extent of the time she was missing, very likely as soon as they get back to the house, where the date and time are always within earshot. He's letting her be spared that particular detail for the duration of this trip before she has to learn that as well.
But that pause, the way she reaches out - god it just makes something crack in his chest, some kind of soreness deep within it that's somehow unrelated to all the other shit that's literally already in there. He reaches out with his own hand, moves it at the same pace she did, and takes hers firmly but gently. ] I am very real. I promise you. [ Actually, he scoots a little closer to her, kneels next to the chair to stay lower than her, but moves to place her hand over the reactor, with his hand above hers. ] Completely real.
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But that pause, the way she reaches out - god it just makes something crack in his chest, some kind of soreness deep within it that's somehow unrelated to all the other shit that's literally already in there. He reaches out with his own hand, moves it at the same pace she did, and takes hers firmly but gently. ] I am very real. I promise you. [ Actually, he scoots a little closer to her, kneels next to the chair to stay lower than her, but moves to place her hand over the reactor, with his hand above hers. ] Completely real.