They'd gotten too close, tried to get out, and whatever had created this place had punished them for it. Tortured them. Everyone else is still missing, as far as Ryo knows, and Essek is-
"Essek," he says firmly, with a strength he himself doesn't feel. He's worried, but Essek needs someone to help ground him, and that's much more important. "Slow breaths, in and out. Remember?" He demonstrates, and hopefully Essek will pick the cadence back up again.
If he does, Ryo will move to sit next to him - close enough to be present, but not touching. "You're not alone, I promise." He, for one, isn't leaving Essek's side until Essek is stable and somewhere safe, away from where the vengeful public could easily find him.
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They'd gotten too close, tried to get out, and whatever had created this place had punished them for it. Tortured them. Everyone else is still missing, as far as Ryo knows, and Essek is-
"Essek," he says firmly, with a strength he himself doesn't feel. He's worried, but Essek needs someone to help ground him, and that's much more important. "Slow breaths, in and out. Remember?" He demonstrates, and hopefully Essek will pick the cadence back up again.
If he does, Ryo will move to sit next to him - close enough to be present, but not touching. "You're not alone, I promise." He, for one, isn't leaving Essek's side until Essek is stable and somewhere safe, away from where the vengeful public could easily find him.