[Oh, what a nice face! And it's directed at them, Henry! Man, that's a rarity, but they're filled up with warm fuzzies at the site, and can't help but smile back. That's the horrible power of dark magic for you!]
Told ya!
[Then the kid's expression changes, and for a second Henry thinks it's another curse that had been shrouded by the previous one. But no, this is more mundane than that, and Henry is very familiar with the look of trauma. Guess the pain was blocking some stuff and now he was having a flashback.
Henry moves slowly, smoothly, kneeling down by the bed so they don't loom over the kid and scare him further. They don't know if touch would be bad right now, so Henry taps their nail against one of the railings and calls out softly.]
Hey, hey kid, can you hear me? I want you to focus on me if you can, okay? You need to come back, you aren't there anymore.
[The words are as practiced as any hexing chant, since Henry's been on both ends in their youth at magic school. Sometimes the only way to survive was to rely on the fellow students, and to help them out in turn.]
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Told ya!
[Then the kid's expression changes, and for a second Henry thinks it's another curse that had been shrouded by the previous one. But no, this is more mundane than that, and Henry is very familiar with the look of trauma. Guess the pain was blocking some stuff and now he was having a flashback.
Henry moves slowly, smoothly, kneeling down by the bed so they don't loom over the kid and scare him further. They don't know if touch would be bad right now, so Henry taps their nail against one of the railings and calls out softly.]
Hey, hey kid, can you hear me? I want you to focus on me if you can, okay? You need to come back, you aren't there anymore.
[The words are as practiced as any hexing chant, since Henry's been on both ends in their youth at magic school. Sometimes the only way to survive was to rely on the fellow students, and to help them out in turn.]