[Gently brushing his hand along her shoulder, Charles gave a wry little, humorless chuff.]
Raven, to be perfectly honest I can not claim to be thinking much of anything at the moment.
[He genuinely did not want to start speculating when he could barely thread two coherent thoughts together.]
It was from before, the carnage was old but there were no bodies or even pieces of bodies to be found. It is ... unsettling.
[Here, he would have wrapped his other arm around her were it not bound to his side. Instead he pulls her closer and continues to gently rub her back.]
I am glad we were able to find the necessary medicine to help you and the others. There is no need to be sorry, Raven. This situation has been trying, for all of us. No one would fault you, your reactions to being so ill.
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Raven, to be perfectly honest I can not claim to be thinking much of anything at the moment.
[He genuinely did not want to start speculating when he could barely thread two coherent thoughts together.]
It was from before, the carnage was old but there were no bodies or even pieces of bodies to be found. It is ... unsettling.
[Here, he would have wrapped his other arm around her were it not bound to his side. Instead he pulls her closer and continues to gently rub her back.]
I am glad we were able to find the necessary medicine to help you and the others. There is no need to be sorry, Raven. This situation has been trying, for all of us. No one would fault you, your reactions to being so ill.