( His family's long dead and there is no way around that. It would be crueller in a way to give them back to Nikolai only to take them, so at least it's not that monstrous of a dream. Jesper is looking for escape for them, he needs to save Nikolai from his own mind, of that he's certain.
He surges forward to take Nikolai's face in his hands, looking closely at him, trying to focus him on himself. Grounding him, being something different from this memory that haunts him.)
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( His family's long dead and there is no way around that. It would be crueller in a way to give them back to Nikolai only to take them, so at least it's not that monstrous of a dream. Jesper is looking for escape for them, he needs to save Nikolai from his own mind, of that he's certain.
He surges forward to take Nikolai's face in his hands, looking closely at him, trying to focus him on himself. Grounding him, being something different from this memory that haunts him.)
But you're not gone. You survived.