His sister, his best friend, is recounting this to him with nothing but honesty colored with a kind of agony Vax can't place. Vax clutches her hands tighter, grip gone nearly bruising as she starts to tremble. It's always been like this between them. Vex's distress had always wound Vax up. The feedback loop of emotion between them could be overwhelming in the best of circumstances. Right now, it was too much for Vax to bear. ]
I'm sorry, Stubby.
[ What else is there to say? He doesn't remember and it feels like he's failed her. The chasm of experience between them is all the more wide for the strangeness of it. Vax's hurt is vibrating in the center of his chest as if Grog had struck him there. He takes a shallow breath then pulls away from her, getting to his feet. ]
I—
[ The words stutter, choking off. Vax turns and starts walking briskly towards the exit. There's no other option left for him to take. ]
shorter vax: and i walk away
His sister, his best friend, is recounting this to him with nothing but honesty colored with a kind of agony Vax can't place. Vax clutches her hands tighter, grip gone nearly bruising as she starts to tremble. It's always been like this between them. Vex's distress had always wound Vax up. The feedback loop of emotion between them could be overwhelming in the best of circumstances. Right now, it was too much for Vax to bear. ]
I'm sorry, Stubby.
[ What else is there to say? He doesn't remember and it feels like he's failed her. The chasm of experience between them is all the more wide for the strangeness of it. Vax's hurt is vibrating in the center of his chest as if Grog had struck him there. He takes a shallow breath then pulls away from her, getting to his feet. ]
I—
[ The words stutter, choking off. Vax turns and starts walking briskly towards the exit. There's no other option left for him to take. ]