"I - go to work in the morning. Custodial, if they allow me back." He sags against the bars. "When that shift is over, I go to the chapel. Write sermons that no one will hear. Lunch, if I'm not fasting. Reading the Bible if I am. Art in the afternoon. Dinner. Gym or a walk in the evening."
"I'm going to keep asking until you have one. I'll be back tomorrow, and the next day, and the next, until you can give me one." It's a gentle warning. "But for now I need you to rest and then to think about it. Your ability to navigate when you get out of Zero is the most important thing you can do right now, you understand?"
He nods once and doesn't have to lie when he agrees. He needs to have an answer. Fortunately, he has an entire week to think.
"I understand," he says, hesitantly pulling away from the bars, as if asking permission. He doesn't know about resting, but he'll do what he was doing before. Sitting still and reflecting counts as rest.
He walks away and only when he's back out of Zero--nodding at Tim, through the door, into the hallway--does his composure slip with a sigh and a frown.
He'll slip the key to his room in Lark's hand before he goes, muttering for him to take care of Iris, and then he's back on the floor, on his knees. Silent and prayerful.
Desperately needing this reset now that both Warren and Lark have come for him.
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Date: 2021-12-30 04:54 am (UTC)He knows what Lark's getting at, though.
"I need to think," he tells him. "I don't have an answer for you."
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Date: 2021-12-30 10:41 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2021-12-30 10:46 pm (UTC)"I understand," he says, hesitantly pulling away from the bars, as if asking permission. He doesn't know about resting, but he'll do what he was doing before. Sitting still and reflecting counts as rest.
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Date: 2021-12-30 10:48 pm (UTC)He walks away and only when he's back out of Zero--nodding at Tim, through the door, into the hallway--does his composure slip with a sigh and a frown.
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Date: 2021-12-30 10:50 pm (UTC)Desperately needing this reset now that both Warren and Lark have come for him.