[The one good thing, and it almost makes all the rest worth it. Maybe it is worth it, because at least he knows Charles will be there to lean on. Erik jerks a nod, clenching his jaw hard and breathing harshly in an attempt to calm himself. Things are trembling around him again, shivering, but not flying about.
They will walk away from it together, because to do anything else would be - unspeakably impossible. To stay here forever, to be crushed under the weight of it - to end up like Toshiko - no.
The last time he walked away with someone, he'd been running hand in hand with Magda. Erik chokes on a sob, and some objects do jerk around his room, then, slamming into things before settling and growing still again.]
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They will walk away from it together, because to do anything else would be - unspeakably impossible. To stay here forever, to be crushed under the weight of it - to end up like Toshiko - no.
The last time he walked away with someone, he'd been running hand in hand with Magda. Erik chokes on a sob, and some objects do jerk around his room, then, slamming into things before settling and growing still again.]