[It pinches at the corners of his eyes; it creases them into points, the memories of every test he had to endure, every pill he had to swallow, every night he spent awake screaming at the walls until they told him that he had to be quiet or they'd have to make him be quiet.]
[They sedated him, sometimes. When it got really bad. When it was at its worst. Had to up his dosage, just to calm him down.]
They said it was to help me.
[She's just a kid, the same that he was. She's just a kid. Like Chara. Like Frisk. Like Chip. Like Max. Like so many fucking dozens of others on this godforsaken island, who have come to accept cruelty as commonplace because that's just the kind of life they've been raised to accept.]
[She's just a goddamned kid.]
[Over these few months here, he's extended far more hands, initiated far more contact, than is really typical for him, or ever has been. Maybe it has to do with people whose needs are greater than his.] [Maybe it has to do with feeling safe.] I know. I know, it's the scariest thing in the world. Feeling this alone. Feeling like you're just...you're just someone else's experiment.
[He means it. God, but he means it.]
[And he holds out a hand with the palm up, if she needs it.]
no subject
[It pinches at the corners of his eyes; it creases them into points, the memories of every test he had to endure, every pill he had to swallow, every night he spent awake screaming at the walls until they told him that he had to be quiet or they'd have to make him be quiet.]
[They sedated him, sometimes. When it got really bad. When it was at its worst. Had to up his dosage, just to calm him down.]
They said it was to help me.
[She's just a kid, the same that he was. She's just a kid. Like Chara. Like Frisk. Like Chip. Like Max. Like so many fucking dozens of others on this godforsaken island, who have come to accept cruelty as commonplace because that's just the kind of life they've been raised to accept.]
[She's just a goddamned kid.]
[Over these few months here, he's extended far more hands, initiated far more contact, than is really typical for him, or ever has been. Maybe it has to do with people whose needs are greater than his.]
[Maybe it has to do with feeling safe.]
I know. I know, it's the scariest thing in the world. Feeling this alone. Feeling like you're just...you're just someone else's experiment.
[He means it. God, but he means it.]
[And he holds out a hand with the palm up, if she needs it.]