If feels like time has slowed down, as Zafika watches the second Garrot turn to stone, and they feel sick, because they just did the thing they had just yesterday told Garrot they refused to do. And yet, there they went, doing it anyway despite having said all that.
Then there's a hand on their shoulder, and claws dig into their skin through their knit sweater, and it does not help them relax at all, they're still wound up, every part of their body tense as they remain ready to do, something, anything, honestly. Anything except run away, not that they could, with how Garrot is gripping onto their shoulder and turning them around.
When they look at him, it feels like a punch in the gut, seeing all those emotions, that shock, how he's hurt and torn, and how he's scared because who wouldn't be? If he can feel what's going on with the second him, they can't imagine how terrifying that must feel.
They feel something's off with the petrifying Garrot, and almost glance back to him, but then they're snatched up into a hug, their face ending up against the original Garrot's chest, and they freeze. They're still tense as they can be, and they feel disgusted over what they did, but now there's a pair of strong arms around them, and warmth surrounds their torso. So they force themselves to take a deep breath, and exhale it as a deep sigh as they make themselves relax, resting their forehead on Garrot. They don't dare to hug him yet, but they're not refusing the physical contact either. "I'm sorry. I, didn't mean to do that to you. I apologise." They don't expect him to forgive them, but they need to apologise either way.
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Then there's a hand on their shoulder, and claws dig into their skin through their knit sweater, and it does not help them relax at all, they're still wound up, every part of their body tense as they remain ready to do, something, anything, honestly. Anything except run away, not that they could, with how Garrot is gripping onto their shoulder and turning them around.
When they look at him, it feels like a punch in the gut, seeing all those emotions, that shock, how he's hurt and torn, and how he's scared because who wouldn't be? If he can feel what's going on with the second him, they can't imagine how terrifying that must feel.
They feel something's off with the petrifying Garrot, and almost glance back to him, but then they're snatched up into a hug, their face ending up against the original Garrot's chest, and they freeze. They're still tense as they can be, and they feel disgusted over what they did, but now there's a pair of strong arms around them, and warmth surrounds their torso. So they force themselves to take a deep breath, and exhale it as a deep sigh as they make themselves relax, resting their forehead on Garrot. They don't dare to hug him yet, but they're not refusing the physical contact either. "I'm sorry. I, didn't mean to do that to you. I apologise." They don't expect him to forgive them, but they need to apologise either way.