[ They're actually grateful that he doesn't prod into the issue of them returning or not any further; as much as they're thinking about what this means for a life-changing decision like that, they know that if asked again by him now to leave everything behind and follow him to Steel London, they still wouldn't be able to give a definitive, straightforward answer. They just don't know enough about what's going on - only that this shook them, and that they don't want to be left by themself. They'd only wanted to voice that they have doubts about any of their decision making prior... ]
Not really. [ As if to signify this, they only move their face towards the general direction of where his voice is coming from, light skimming across the revealed dark crystal. ] Gem sight is naturally weak - without eyes.
[ What does that mean for them, without an immediate way to get replacements? They don't know. They've collected a mass of colorless crystals in their time in Chroma - coughing them up, taking them from that palace. And yet, they doubt any are compatible with them and their pitifully weak inclusions. This, too, scares them - living in this place without sight and being unable to protect themself or him. Though, it's not enough fear for them to feel regret over doing what they had as soon as they were able. Their thumb moves against the back of his fingers nervously, helplessly, even, unable to return his gesture, yet still wanting to feel him there, to return something. ]
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Not really. [ As if to signify this, they only move their face towards the general direction of where his voice is coming from, light skimming across the revealed dark crystal. ] Gem sight is naturally weak - without eyes.
[ What does that mean for them, without an immediate way to get replacements? They don't know. They've collected a mass of colorless crystals in their time in Chroma - coughing them up, taking them from that palace. And yet, they doubt any are compatible with them and their pitifully weak inclusions. This, too, scares them - living in this place without sight and being unable to protect themself or him. Though, it's not enough fear for them to feel regret over doing what they had as soon as they were able. Their thumb moves against the back of his fingers nervously, helplessly, even, unable to return his gesture, yet still wanting to feel him there, to return something. ]