[ the young man cries. kaveh holds him. it is the only thing kaveh knows how to do. he knows, is the thing. kaveh knows.
kaveh knows what it's like, to look into the distance, and fail to see the brightest way forward.
slowly, the last of the tears die. kaveh's hands, which have found themselves against the wanderer's back, gently rubs circles of warmth into his shaking frame. there's the impetus to reach forward and wipe the young man's tears away from him. but even kaveh knows that in the moment, that fragility is the most that the young man has ever allowed. he observes the salt-tracks that the tears have left behind, and, with a firm nod, looks up. ]
Alhaitham. [ kaveh says, and meets alhaitham's eyes. there is trust there. there always has been. when the world needs to fall, it is alhaitham's judgment that kaveh will always rely on, because in the end, trust has always been a choice.
kaveh chooses to trust, even as he questions: ] ... will you be alright?
[ there had been a bridge, and a flooding pile. there had been blood. and kaveh - in those final moments, remembers, that alhaitham did not have a chance to close his eyes. ]
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kaveh knows what it's like, to look into the distance, and fail to see the brightest way forward.
slowly, the last of the tears die. kaveh's hands, which have found themselves against the wanderer's back, gently rubs circles of warmth into his shaking frame. there's the impetus to reach forward and wipe the young man's tears away from him. but even kaveh knows that in the moment, that fragility is the most that the young man has ever allowed. he observes the salt-tracks that the tears have left behind, and, with a firm nod, looks up. ]
Alhaitham. [ kaveh says, and meets alhaitham's eyes. there is trust there. there always has been. when the world needs to fall, it is alhaitham's judgment that kaveh will always rely on, because in the end, trust has always been a choice.
kaveh chooses to trust, even as he questions: ] ... will you be alright?
[ there had been a bridge, and a flooding pile. there had been blood. and kaveh - in those final moments, remembers, that alhaitham did not have a chance to close his eyes. ]