[He's at least grateful when she accepts the tissues and cloth. It's a small gesture and nowhere near enough to help her, but it's something. He'd like to hope it's better than nothing.
Is it better than nothing? She's crying, and he can only that'll end up helping, too. It's hard to sit here though, he feels useless. All this dumb strength and he can't do a damn thing to help her. There's too much responsibility on her shoulders, she's been through too much for someone so young. He really hates this.]
..............
[He should call 6. He could claim 6 wouldn't leave her, but it'd be a bald-faced lie. He isn't 6, he doesn't know him all that well, he can't reassure her that 6 would stay. And even if 6 would stick around, the guy is so passive that it might come across in a way that 37 misunderstands due to her emotional state. He doesn't want to make things worse, and he doesn't want to inadvertently cause 6 to make things worse.
.... He's going to have to message him later about this, though. Have some words with him in private so he's aware of what's going on with 37, in case he already isn't.
For now he's just quiet for several long moments. There aren't any words coming to mind that feel appropriate. He's already said he'll help her, he can't give her any answers about the choices of her people, and he doesn't know hot to comfort someone who's experienced so much death despite having gone through it a lot himself.
So what the hell is he supposed to do?
Last Order comes to mind. In Russia, after she had been fixed from whatever the hell Aleister had been doing to her. She had been okay, and he had hugged her for the first time.
37 isn't Last Order, he still can't bring himself to engage that much physically. But....
But he awkwardly reaches a hand up, gently settling it on her shoulder.]
cw: suicide talk
Is it better than nothing? She's crying, and he can only that'll end up helping, too. It's hard to sit here though, he feels useless. All this dumb strength and he can't do a damn thing to help her. There's too much responsibility on her shoulders, she's been through too much for someone so young. He really hates this.]
..............
[He should call 6. He could claim 6 wouldn't leave her, but it'd be a bald-faced lie. He isn't 6, he doesn't know him all that well, he can't reassure her that 6 would stay. And even if 6 would stick around, the guy is so passive that it might come across in a way that 37 misunderstands due to her emotional state. He doesn't want to make things worse, and he doesn't want to inadvertently cause 6 to make things worse.
.... He's going to have to message him later about this, though. Have some words with him in private so he's aware of what's going on with 37, in case he already isn't.
For now he's just quiet for several long moments. There aren't any words coming to mind that feel appropriate. He's already said he'll help her, he can't give her any answers about the choices of her people, and he doesn't know hot to comfort someone who's experienced so much death despite having gone through it a lot himself.
So what the hell is he supposed to do?
Last Order comes to mind. In Russia, after she had been fixed from whatever the hell Aleister had been doing to her. She had been okay, and he had hugged her for the first time.
37 isn't Last Order, he still can't bring himself to engage that much physically. But....
But he awkwardly reaches a hand up, gently settling it on her shoulder.]