There you go, just over here. [Abel bends a little so the man can get his arm over his shoulders-- he doesn't have far to duck, at least-- and wraps his own around the man's middle. Probably for the best that they didn't go with the hands, Abel doesn't imagine an empathy link this early on would be a positive experience.]
[He moves slowly, letting the man dictate the pace of their progress.]
Oh don't worry, you aren't the first stubborn person I've had to coax into taking a breath. [Abel chuckles, thinking back on all of the times Cain came back to their room injured, the times he smoked in the room and Abel had to nag him (every time) to turn up the vents, the time Cain wanted to punch Phobos (and honestly Abel wanted to let him but circumstances dictated the surrender)...]
Plus I've been where you are now... in a way. [Different circumstances, but he can at least relate to the majority of it.] Everybody processes something like this differently, so if you want to be stubborn, that's fine. It wouldn't be fair of me to take it personally.
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[He moves slowly, letting the man dictate the pace of their progress.]
Oh don't worry, you aren't the first stubborn person I've had to coax into taking a breath. [Abel chuckles, thinking back on all of the times Cain came back to their room injured, the times he smoked in the room and Abel had to nag him (every time) to turn up the vents, the time Cain wanted to punch Phobos (and honestly Abel wanted to let him but circumstances dictated the surrender)...]
Plus I've been where you are now... in a way. [Different circumstances, but he can at least relate to the majority of it.] Everybody processes something like this differently, so if you want to be stubborn, that's fine. It wouldn't be fair of me to take it personally.