[Myr wasn't expecting--any of this, his own thoughts focused tightly on the next few minutes' action to avoid an anxious spiral into the future (how can I protect him, what if this happens again, where did I fall short). The dislocation is such he nearly stumbles, reaching to catch himself (catch them both) on the nearest wall. At least here, in a fixed space he knows to the bone, he can act as confidently as if he were sighted, and a near-stumble has no more significance than that.
Now that they're touching, though, now that he can feel the physical aftermath--like a well-deserved punishment--of what L had done to himself, the next one might not go so easily. Now is definitely not the time to linger in a hallway clarifying what it is he intends--
But he can't do otherwise, now that he's been knocked far enough out of his own roiling mind to truly experience what the Bond's telling him.]
Intimus-- Linden, [L,] no--this isn't--you don't need to fix this. You don't need to make it up to me--I failed you.
[I knew he was after you. I knew you were in pain. I didn't stay at my post.] I'm sorry.
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[Myr wasn't expecting--any of this, his own thoughts focused tightly on the next few minutes' action to avoid an anxious spiral into the future (how can I protect him, what if this happens again, where did I fall short). The dislocation is such he nearly stumbles, reaching to catch himself (catch them both) on the nearest wall. At least here, in a fixed space he knows to the bone, he can act as confidently as if he were sighted, and a near-stumble has no more significance than that.
Now that they're touching, though, now that he can feel the physical aftermath--like a well-deserved punishment--of what L had done to himself, the next one might not go so easily. Now is definitely not the time to linger in a hallway clarifying what it is he intends--
But he can't do otherwise, now that he's been knocked far enough out of his own roiling mind to truly experience what the Bond's telling him.]
Intimus-- Linden, [L,] no--this isn't--you don't need to fix this. You don't need to make it up to me--I failed you.
[I knew he was after you. I knew you were in pain. I didn't stay at my post.] I'm sorry.