[akira catchall]

[slobjection]

Comments

[survivaltricks]

[. . .]

[Akira isn't sure he's ever seen Phoenix like this before]

Want to talk about it?

[slobjection]

What's there to talk about? We haven't made any progress, or found any way around the rules.

[ kick him ]

[survivaltricks]

That's the practical stuff. I'm not asking to talk about that.

[he doesn't kick him but he does bump their shoulders together again]

I'm asking about your feelings.

[slobjection]

[ akira is getting that deep deep depressos.... ]

What's there to tell?

[survivaltricks]

[ah. . . well. that's not very fun. Phoenix will get some exhaustion and worry in return, though there's an undercurrent of determination that never quite goes out beneath it all]

. . . you're exhausted, too. Aren't you?