[ Much as he'd meant to help, to restore some kind of normalcy if there even is such a thing anymore, Sylvain's hands were the wrong thing to mention. The first clue to that realization is the shudder he feels not from his own body but Sylvain's, and when he looks down the other's eyes are closed again. Then there's the breaths much like what's needed for meditation, for calm, and Claude pauses to watch as Sylvain opens his eyes and lets go of his shirt. Hm. ]
You don't have to apologize. I didn't mean it like that. [ There's nothing to apologize for here as far as Claude's concerned, but whether Sylvain believes that remains to be seen. He starts the process of unwinding himself as well to let the other sit up now if he wants to, but pauses to tilt Sylvain's chin up with a couple fingertips beneath it to search his face. ] I just don't want you to be in any more pain.
[ A silence follows on Claude's part while he continues to look at Sylvain, because - what more is there to say? It's the truth. Whatever this was that Sylvain went through it must surely be the worst of being down here, and the worst doesn't begin to describe what he was told as it's far too terrible for anyone to ever go through. Neither does saying one too small plan to alleviate what he can as it's too shallow to hold the sentiment behind it. Now isn't the time for that.
Now he's only procrastinating so he carefully lets go of the other to not jostle any other injuries to get up and find what he can. It takes a bit of searching but he finds a cloak which once owned to someone no longer in need of it that's reasonably clean in the best they can get, and with it in hand Claude returns to sit back beside Sylvain to work on tearing it into strips to get to work. ]
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You don't have to apologize. I didn't mean it like that. [ There's nothing to apologize for here as far as Claude's concerned, but whether Sylvain believes that remains to be seen. He starts the process of unwinding himself as well to let the other sit up now if he wants to, but pauses to tilt Sylvain's chin up with a couple fingertips beneath it to search his face. ] I just don't want you to be in any more pain.
[ A silence follows on Claude's part while he continues to look at Sylvain, because - what more is there to say? It's the truth. Whatever this was that Sylvain went through it must surely be the worst of being down here, and the worst doesn't begin to describe what he was told as it's far too terrible for anyone to ever go through. Neither does saying one too small plan to alleviate what he can as it's too shallow to hold the sentiment behind it. Now isn't the time for that.
Now he's only procrastinating so he carefully lets go of the other to not jostle any other injuries to get up and find what he can. It takes a bit of searching but he finds a cloak which once owned to someone no longer in need of it that's reasonably clean in the best they can get, and with it in hand Claude returns to sit back beside Sylvain to work on tearing it into strips to get to work. ]