[ WHAT THE FUCK ARE TIMELINES WE DON'T KNOW IT WE'RE ONLY HERE FOR THE SPICE TBH. ]
[ Which is to say, Heron blissfully turns everything off - Forte who he hears almost as clearly as Dove most days. Maybe not as clearly as Gingham's become, but so so loud. He turns off the screaming that's consumed him - literally, almost. It's quiet. He's not getting those spike of thoughts with those feelings. ]
[ And he can't linger on how strange it is or the sensation of loss, because as suddenly as he looks up - Phoenix has been intune with people for so long that he doesn't need the other knowledge to see something wrong. He doesn't need it as he breaks a little on the inside, swallowing something down. ]
[ Because Heron is not okay. Visibly. The expression the blood and then - He gives a sharp breath. ]
You're not.
[ It's quiet and shaky and not entirely solid as he tries to figure out what to do. The only panic that rises in him is his own and for as crazy as that is - He can compartmentalize. Focuses on a stillness on a desire to do something more,]
You're not. But I am - I can help -
[ And he, unthinkingly, as impulsively as ever when it comes to someone not his own raises a hand that glows a light blue as he tries to focus (a 12/20, so he can but only just) and tries to think to give the words, pausing so the light dimmers down because he asks first (6/20) ]
Re: DISCUSSION
[ Which is to say, Heron blissfully turns everything off - Forte who he hears almost as clearly as Dove most days. Maybe not as clearly as Gingham's become, but so so loud. He turns off the screaming that's consumed him - literally, almost. It's quiet. He's not getting those spike of thoughts with those feelings. ]
[ And he can't linger on how strange it is or the sensation of loss, because as suddenly as he looks up - Phoenix has been intune with people for so long that he doesn't need the other knowledge to see something wrong. He doesn't need it as he breaks a little on the inside, swallowing something down. ]
[ Because Heron is not okay. Visibly. The expression the blood and then - He gives a sharp breath. ]
You're not.
[ It's quiet and shaky and not entirely solid as he tries to figure out what to do. The only panic that rises in him is his own and for as crazy as that is - He can compartmentalize. Focuses on a stillness on a desire to do something more,]
You're not. But I am - I can help -
[ And he, unthinkingly, as impulsively as ever when it comes to someone not his own raises a hand that glows a light blue as he tries to focus (a 12/20, so he can but only just) and tries to think to give the words, pausing so the light dimmers down because he asks first (6/20) ]
If - you want me to.