[Alhaitham flinches only once. It's when Kaveh's body instinctively gasps to the knife cutting flesh. Alhaitham slowly drops to his knees. His hands rest upon them, fingers digging to offset their tremble, and he waits with breaths counted in fours.
The sound is gruesome. He's always been sensitive to them, sounds.
And so he doesn't open his eyes during it. He doesn't open his eyes at the end of it, or when Yuu approaches. He doesn't need to--he knows by the echo on the floorboards where he stops.
Alhaitham takes one deep breath. He lets it out slowly. Then his tilts his head back, baring his neck.] Go ahead.
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The sound is gruesome. He's always been sensitive to them, sounds.
And so he doesn't open his eyes during it. He doesn't open his eyes at the end of it, or when Yuu approaches. He doesn't need to--he knows by the echo on the floorboards where he stops.
Alhaitham takes one deep breath. He lets it out slowly. Then his tilts his head back, baring his neck.] Go ahead.