Sonic hasn't really given a lot of thought to what the strings actually do, in hindsight--yet another one of those things where he just kind of assumes things will be okay and not weird. (He's been. Wrong about many of those kind of things, especially today.) But having Neo so close, even when he's just pinning him down like this, it feels like he's hearing Neo's thoughts so clearly, it's...
You can count it as one if you want, you know.
It's more of an active thought in response, and it feels...strange, to try and convey feeling that way. Despite how anxious Sonic feels, something Neo can definitely pick up on in spades now, Sonic doesn't move to get up from the ground and just kind of lays there, looking anywhere but at Neo right now.]
...I probably should've, yeah. [...] I just really needed to get some space, at the time. Everything was just kind of starting to pile up, and I wasn't...
[The thoughts aren't exactly clear, but they come through in the bond--a steadily increasing anxiety that persisted throughout the day, because of people. Those two women running the compatibility counter, some of the people he asked about how these strings worked, even the last two people who seemed like they were teasing him for the complicated feelings he's been having. It all just kind of added up, all at once, and...
It's those last few thoughts, that almost feel like a communication back, that get a pause out of Sonic. Neo's actually asking about it, and it's everything he doesn't want to acknowledge because everything was just fine until this happened, it was all fine until he--]
...I don't know if I can even explain it, Neo. I think I'm taking a page out of your book, at this point...
[How can I explain anything when I don't even know what's wrong with me?]
...If you hurt anyone, I won't forgive you, though. Leave them out of it. This is...
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Sonic hasn't really given a lot of thought to what the strings actually do, in hindsight--yet another one of those things where he just kind of assumes things will be okay and not weird. (He's been. Wrong about many of those kind of things, especially today.) But having Neo so close, even when he's just pinning him down like this, it feels like he's hearing Neo's thoughts so clearly, it's...
You can count it as one if you want, you know.
It's more of an active thought in response, and it feels...strange, to try and convey feeling that way. Despite how anxious Sonic feels, something Neo can definitely pick up on in spades now, Sonic doesn't move to get up from the ground and just kind of lays there, looking anywhere but at Neo right now.]
...I probably should've, yeah. [...] I just really needed to get some space, at the time. Everything was just kind of starting to pile up, and I wasn't...
[The thoughts aren't exactly clear, but they come through in the bond--a steadily increasing anxiety that persisted throughout the day, because of people. Those two women running the compatibility counter, some of the people he asked about how these strings worked, even the last two people who seemed like they were teasing him for the complicated feelings he's been having. It all just kind of added up, all at once, and...
It's those last few thoughts, that almost feel like a communication back, that get a pause out of Sonic. Neo's actually asking about it, and it's everything he doesn't want to acknowledge because everything was just fine until this happened, it was all fine until he--]
...I don't know if I can even explain it, Neo. I think I'm taking a page out of your book, at this point...
[How can I explain anything when I don't even know what's wrong with me?]
...If you hurt anyone, I won't forgive you, though. Leave them out of it. This is...
This is between us, alright?