[It's not that Need doesn't feel the replay of emotion going on. She feels, in fact, her own track and the seven others of the memory, some mere background presence, some clear and strong. It's just that she can... not even work around it. This is part of how things have been for her, even when she was alive, though after her death she learned to process more of it. It gave her so much more insight on the people around her, was an excellent basis for her continuous effort to remember that the living are important. How bittersweet it is to have a taste of it again, for just a moment.
So she can guess at why Celehar cuts himself off in sudden fear, and suppresses a sigh. This threatens to lead to another round of 'you're an abomination'. Maybe she can just refuse to engage.]
Easy there. Breathe. It was several years ago. It will pass.
[If she touches him, will he take it as comfort, or an attack? Celehar seemed to respond well when she touched him in the last Crossing, but he knew less about her then. How can people stand not knowing these things? After a pause, she reaches to rest her fingertips on the sodden back of his coat, ready to withdraw and pretend nothing happened if he flinches, or press her palm if he doesn't.]
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So she can guess at why Celehar cuts himself off in sudden fear, and suppresses a sigh. This threatens to lead to another round of 'you're an abomination'. Maybe she can just refuse to engage.]
Easy there. Breathe. It was several years ago. It will pass.
[If she touches him, will he take it as comfort, or an attack? Celehar seemed to respond well when she touched him in the last Crossing, but he knew less about her then. How can people stand not knowing these things? After a pause, she reaches to rest her fingertips on the sodden back of his coat, ready to withdraw and pretend nothing happened if he flinches, or press her palm if he doesn't.]