You know. You sound like me when I say "I'm fine".
[And he's never fine when he writes it off like that. But now, he's just going to lean against the wall. Sitting cross-legged as if it were the most natural position in the world. Every ounce of him doing his best to feel calm. To feel at ease. If they can feel what he feels, it's bound to help somehow, isn't it?]
Because maybe it'll help one of us. Eventually. [He quiets for a few breaths.] I'm not going to stop you from walking away, Chara.
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[And he's never fine when he writes it off like that. But now, he's just going to lean against the wall. Sitting cross-legged as if it were the most natural position in the world. Every ounce of him doing his best to feel calm. To feel at ease. If they can feel what he feels, it's bound to help somehow, isn't it?]
Because maybe it'll help one of us. Eventually. [He quiets for a few breaths.] I'm not going to stop you from walking away, Chara.
If you want to, I won't stop you.
[They know that. Don't they?]