[Henry didn't know what the specifics were, and some things were only made worse by touch, so Henry waits for the kid to initiate. How long had Henry comforted someone? In the army Henry kept to themself, a strange outsider even among the other dark mages. Only in school had it been a matter of survival, and after the first few years Henry learned how to deal with it alone. There wasn't always another student around to help, after all.]
It's okay, just breathe, deep breaths if you can.
[Uhoh, that could be a lot of things. Just seeing a death alone could really hurt the kid, not everyone was like Henry.]
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It's okay, just breathe, deep breaths if you can.
[Uhoh, that could be a lot of things. Just seeing a death alone could really hurt the kid, not everyone was like Henry.]
You don't have to talk if you don't want to.