[The connection goes quiet on his side for a moment. Eyes may even think that he's finally cut it off, after the relative speed of those other words.
He would be wrong.
What eventually comes through aren't words, but feelings. Concern, compassion, sympathy - all earnest. He can't form the same connections as others, but he can still feel, just as Eyes can should he let himself.
Obligation, duty... those were his reasons when Eyes and Kanon first appeared, it's true. But time has passed since then, and with it came revelations that had changed his perspective just as drastically as the despair that had originally dragged him down.
He'd been careful to conceal his feelings through these communications, learning to mask them just as effectively as he did when navigating conversations in person. Allowing his feelings through like this... it leaves him vulnerable. Uncomfortably so. It was one thing to share them with Ayumu, who he trusted with his whole being, but reaching out like this is new territory.
There's all the potential for this to hurt. But he's braced himself for that, too. If he could at least get the message across...
Re: [Voice]
He would be wrong.
What eventually comes through aren't words, but feelings. Concern, compassion, sympathy - all earnest. He can't form the same connections as others, but he can still feel, just as Eyes can should he let himself.
Obligation, duty... those were his reasons when Eyes and Kanon first appeared, it's true. But time has passed since then, and with it came revelations that had changed his perspective just as drastically as the despair that had originally dragged him down.
He'd been careful to conceal his feelings through these communications, learning to mask them just as effectively as he did when navigating conversations in person. Allowing his feelings through like this... it leaves him vulnerable. Uncomfortably so. It was one thing to share them with Ayumu, who he trusted with his whole being, but reaching out like this is new territory.
There's all the potential for this to hurt. But he's braced himself for that, too. If he could at least get the message across...
It's a step forward. Isn't it?]