[Well this is a surprise, one that that simultaneously sparks life in his suspended state and provides its own perplexing puzzle that trips him up in a completely contrasting manner. He doesn't question what -- as if any of them could have missed it by now -- so much much as the why but the longer he dwells on it, the more clarity escapes him except that he is glad. For the gesture that bespoke of solidarity.]
I'll be fine.
[Not that he is fine because Alit doesn't deal in lies, neither did he care to deal in drawn out disappointment which this had threatened to become until now.]
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I'll be fine.
[Not that he is fine because Alit doesn't deal in lies, neither did he care to deal in drawn out disappointment which this had threatened to become until now.]