[ He nods, and he certainly doesn't miss the gesture Ryan makes. When he reaches to cover Ryan's hand with his own, it's much more deliberate, and slow, the gesture itself asking for permission. He doesn't move to actually pull Ryan's shirt away, merely hovering his hand over the one holding it up. ]
You were brave. To keep going after that.
[ And he can respect that. When the Warden had been controlling him, he'd been aware mostly of constant, mind-numbing pain, all of his nanites attacking him from the inside-out, until he was reduced to a shell, barely lucid, making himself a home out of pain. Anything to keep himself going. ]
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You were brave. To keep going after that.
[ And he can respect that. When the Warden had been controlling him, he'd been aware mostly of constant, mind-numbing pain, all of his nanites attacking him from the inside-out, until he was reduced to a shell, barely lucid, making himself a home out of pain. Anything to keep himself going. ]