[For a minute, he's quiet, just kind of holding on to Rohan and breathing to steady himself, trying to process what he's hearing and remind himself that he believes it. Even without words, it's obvious in his body language that he's not proud of this lapse, and it seems as though he's not willing to risk trying to address the matter at hand until he's had a little time to regroup and get steady first.
When he does, though, it seems that the quiet paid off. He's less devastated than he'd been, and maybe that's a sign of progress in itself — that his periods of melancholy are shorter and less lasting, and he's bouncing back with tentative courage faster than he once might've.]
I gained you. Lost a lot and found you. And this. And...
[He wavers, vaguely.]
And I...love...th—
[He stops short.]
...you...
[He almost, almost, tacks on a nervous and awkward "...I think" onto the end of that, but blessedly manages to avoid it in favor of just leaving the thought finished.]
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When he does, though, it seems that the quiet paid off. He's less devastated than he'd been, and maybe that's a sign of progress in itself — that his periods of melancholy are shorter and less lasting, and he's bouncing back with tentative courage faster than he once might've.]
I gained you. Lost a lot and found you. And this. And...
[He wavers, vaguely.]
And I...love...th—
[He stops short.]
...you...
[He almost, almost, tacks on a nervous and awkward "...I think" onto the end of that, but blessedly manages to avoid it in favor of just leaving the thought finished.]