Rachel has been so kind to him, after all. She's given him so much time over the years. She's had so much to do and so much to look after and so many people who have needed her, and she's still managed to give him little moments and attentions that have slotted him along in the right direction.
He's not sure he would have come back from his first fumbling Challenge without her guidance. He's not certain he would have gotten back up on his feet after a lot of things without a few carefully selected words from behind her quiet smile.
So he tries not to be a bother. He tries to lean on Archie. He tries to sit with his own thoughts and sort through them, as if they could be shifted into equations and solved through sheer force of will.
It's just that he's about to issue his challenge to Seven. That has him checking his watch compulsively as he waits for the Ten. It doesn't much upset the quiet of his features, but he can't stop himself from at least checking the passage of the seconds.
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Rachel has been so kind to him, after all. She's given him so much time over the years. She's had so much to do and so much to look after and so many people who have needed her, and she's still managed to give him little moments and attentions that have slotted him along in the right direction.
He's not sure he would have come back from his first fumbling Challenge without her guidance. He's not certain he would have gotten back up on his feet after a lot of things without a few carefully selected words from behind her quiet smile.
So he tries not to be a bother. He tries to lean on Archie. He tries to sit with his own thoughts and sort through them, as if they could be shifted into equations and solved through sheer force of will.
It's just that he's about to issue his challenge to Seven. That has him checking his watch compulsively as he waits for the Ten. It doesn't much upset the quiet of his features, but he can't stop himself from at least checking the passage of the seconds.