Hickey is equipped to deal with many, many things, and this is not one of them.
His tongue pushes against the inside of his cheek as he watches Siffrin's meltdown, trying to make sense of this reaction. He's finally cracked, but the specific flavor of crack is to be determined.
But then he's distracted by the carnival itself. Two bodies, one killer... For one short moment, his mouth twists into an expression that might be worry—but he quickly straightens himself again. ]
Siffrin.
[ Hickey settles himself in the dirt next to his former roommate, though his attention is still locked on the tree's projection. ]
We've already ended this. What happens with the living is of no consequence. G'raha and Sariel will return with the rest of us.
[ Comforting? Debatable, but he's not here to soothe emotions, just to state facts. ]
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Hickey is equipped to deal with many, many things, and this is not one of them.
His tongue pushes against the inside of his cheek as he watches Siffrin's meltdown, trying to make sense of this reaction. He's finally cracked, but the specific flavor of crack is to be determined.
But then he's distracted by the carnival itself. Two bodies, one killer... For one short moment, his mouth twists into an expression that might be worry—but he quickly straightens himself again. ]
Siffrin.
[ Hickey settles himself in the dirt next to his former roommate, though his attention is still locked on the tree's projection. ]
We've already ended this. What happens with the living is of no consequence. G'raha and Sariel will return with the rest of us.
[ Comforting? Debatable, but he's not here to soothe emotions, just to state facts. ]