Mingle Post for Solace

[reflectedblight]

Who: EVERYONE
Broadcast: N/A
Action: On Solace
When: Second half of January

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[save_the_souls]

[If you're really sorry you should pay for dinner, Allen's just saying.

He gives another significant look at Clay before he looks back at Sorey, attempting to be gentle now.]

Look, flashbacks can happen no matter how long you wait. Sometimes I still have flashbacks about things that happened ten, even twenty years ago. Something will remind me of those times, and suddenly I'm there again.

But when that happen, it's okay, because Clay's there. [He reaches over to take Clay's hand] He talks me through it, and reminds me to breath. And then once I calm down again ... we talk things out.

[He smiles at Clay] Right? You've had to do that a lot.

[geonomy]

[He smiles at Allen in return, turning his hand so that he can hold his hand as well.]

Yup. I just let him know that he's here, he's fine, and I'm here for him.

[He looks back at Sorey, his other hand moving to help gesture along with his words] If he flashbacks, or starts to panic, give him some kind of anchor. Hold his hand, his shoulders, something for him to focus on. Say simple sentences for him, and tell him to breathe along with you. Then breathe... slow and deep. In for five seconds, hold it for three, then out for eight. Think of yourself as... a guide of sorts. You want to help him, not for him to help himself. This is all about working together.

[He squeezes Allen's hand a little at that.]

[monolike]

[Sorey fidgets uncomfortably, glancing up at Clay guiltily before looking away and staring down at Allen's hand near his plate instead.] You guys don't think...I'd make it worse? I'm a focal feature in those flashbacks sometimes. [It's not like their advice isn't sound, and it's what Sorey's been doing for Mikleo lately, especially those first few weeks back. It's just that- well, he's worried about it, and he can't exactly ask Mikleo.]

[save_the_souls]

No, you won't.

[Allen keeps holding onto Clay's hand, returning that little squeeze. To Sorey, he offers a little head shake along with a smile.] He's not afraid of you, Sorey.

He's afraid of losing you.