[it's awkward, but it's better than being mindcontrolled into violence. she's a doctor, she's faced worse than this. and nothing says in those times that she has to stay near if her presence is too much - just that this apartment can be a safe harbor for him, closed off from the outside world, the same way her last one was.]
...Breathe, Goro.
[a request, not an order. he doesn't have to bear the world on his shoulders. he's going to make it through, and there will be ways to help. if he feels exposed, cut open, then there will be ways to cover it until he's recovered, shields in place. things held back, until he can relax again.]
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...Breathe, Goro.
[a request, not an order. he doesn't have to bear the world on his shoulders. he's going to make it through, and there will be ways to help. if he feels exposed, cut open, then there will be ways to cover it until he's recovered, shields in place. things held back, until he can relax again.]