Ordinarily, he has a temper. More than I had thought when we first met.
[The towel Kid is carefully folding falls still as he looks up at the other reaper, his expression carefully neutral. It's plastered on neutrality, deliberate, but Kid won't allow his nerves to win here.]
I already told you that I doubt he'll tell me anything. All that he's said... [He hesitates. John's admission of a past with anxiety was both deeply private and deeply personal. It was a privilege to be privy to the information, even if it had been shared in an attempt to help him with his own disordered thinking. As such, it was knowledge Kid decided to keep to himself.] ...he's said he doesn't like to worry children anymore, or put any further burden on us.
[He doesn't notice that he's gotten the towel balled tightly in his hands.] But I am certain I'll be able to distract him.
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cw: allusions to suicide
Date: 2018-04-15 12:01 am (UTC)[The towel Kid is carefully folding falls still as he looks up at the other reaper, his expression carefully neutral. It's plastered on neutrality, deliberate, but Kid won't allow his nerves to win here.]
I already told you that I doubt he'll tell me anything. All that he's said... [He hesitates. John's admission of a past with anxiety was both deeply private and deeply personal. It was a privilege to be privy to the information, even if it had been shared in an attempt to help him with his own disordered thinking. As such, it was knowledge Kid decided to keep to himself.] ...he's said he doesn't like to worry children anymore, or put any further burden on us.
[He doesn't notice that he's gotten the towel balled tightly in his hands.] But I am certain I'll be able to distract him.