[ kaveh grins. it comes like a wayward starbust after the rain. the sorrow lingers, the guilt always will. but for the first time in two weeks, something has clicked within the enigma wrapped within a riddle.

it's painful to look at. it will continue to be. but who is kaveh to look away? daan has shared his courage. kaveh breathes in. ]

Said truly like a kind and good man. [ he says, gently, by the way of a teasing lilt. ] You'll have to bear me saying it, then, until you can believe it for yourself. Poor you.