They can bear it. The contact is brief and expected, and the cold actually somewhat helps a little, makes it feel just a bit less like touch.
The other looks like they're beginning to cry, and Chara has the uncomfortable urge to snap at them to stop it. They don't, and their mouth is open - a further apology, or a bland 'I see' - when their bitten hand is grabbed.
They don't pull away. They breathe in and out, and let it be held, counting the seconds. They somewhat miss the first part of what the kid says, and have that familiar sick lurching fear it was something important. All of this means it takes a while to knock their brain back into gear to process what they did catch and concoct a response.
"I can. Clean it in the snow."
That's possible, right? The cold will numb it. Please let go so they can do that. Please let go.
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Date: 2017-01-09 12:00 pm (UTC)The other looks like they're beginning to cry, and Chara has the uncomfortable urge to snap at them to stop it. They don't, and their mouth is open - a further apology, or a bland 'I see' - when their bitten hand is grabbed.
They don't pull away. They breathe in and out, and let it be held, counting the seconds. They somewhat miss the first part of what the kid says, and have that familiar sick lurching fear it was something important. All of this means it takes a while to knock their brain back into gear to process what they did catch and concoct a response.
"I can. Clean it in the snow."
That's possible, right? The cold will numb it. Please let go so they can do that. Please let go.