( closer to a lifetime, really, and you'd think he'd be used to the press of this particular kind of weight, but the truth is that he's not. he's barely holding it together, his edges fraying, ragged, and visible to anyone with eyes sharp enough to catch them.
the cup in his hands is pleasantly warm; a welcome distraction from the turbulent thoughts that keep churning and churning as he studies the city beyond. new prague is a beautiful place; softer and greener than new amsterdam by far, and he allows himself a moment to idly wonder what it might have been like to have woke here instead of in that transport. to have made a home here, instead of that shoebox apartment he probably won't be able to hold onto for much longer.
to be surrounded by this much life.
but then he's pushing back those thoughts, turning his gaze from the view of the river to octavia, brow arching slightly. )
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( closer to a lifetime, really, and you'd think he'd be used to the press of this particular kind of weight, but the truth is that he's not. he's barely holding it together, his edges fraying, ragged, and visible to anyone with eyes sharp enough to catch them.
the cup in his hands is pleasantly warm; a welcome distraction from the turbulent thoughts that keep churning and churning as he studies the city beyond. new prague is a beautiful place; softer and greener than new amsterdam by far, and he allows himself a moment to idly wonder what it might have been like to have woke here instead of in that transport. to have made a home here, instead of that shoebox apartment he probably won't be able to hold onto for much longer.
to be surrounded by this much life.
but then he's pushing back those thoughts, turning his gaze from the view of the river to octavia, brow arching slightly. )
You seem to be doing better, though.