[He can tell by the look on her face, before she says anything, that this is rapidly becoming too difficult; he's a little surprised that she says anything more at all, and even more so that she then admits she needs to stop, but the latter is a good surprise. Recognizing and being willing to articulate it are both pretty big things.]
Sure, of course.
[He says it softly, but without pity; it's just an agreement, and he understands. Lance is quiet a moment longer, but he neither wants to let the silence hang and make her feel self-conscious or allow her to spiral too much into whatever she's dealing with, and so after a brief glance to make sure they're mostly alone a soft blue glow lights up in his chest as he activates his power.
It's just the melody of a song, the notes pleasant but just tones, with no real instrumental sound to them. But the purpose is simply a distraction, something to listen to--and hopefully help--as she calms down; while he would typically take a more active part in trying to help, he thinks in this case it might be better to give her a chance to handle things on her own unless she seems to get any worse.]
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Sure, of course.
[He says it softly, but without pity; it's just an agreement, and he understands. Lance is quiet a moment longer, but he neither wants to let the silence hang and make her feel self-conscious or allow her to spiral too much into whatever she's dealing with, and so after a brief glance to make sure they're mostly alone a soft blue glow lights up in his chest as he activates his power.
It's just the melody of a song, the notes pleasant but just tones, with no real instrumental sound to them. But the purpose is simply a distraction, something to listen to--and hopefully help--as she calms down; while he would typically take a more active part in trying to help, he thinks in this case it might be better to give her a chance to handle things on her own unless she seems to get any worse.]