...This is the sort of thing that I've told you about before. The reason why I don't explain so many of my memories to you.
[His words are still unnaturally calm, but he can feel his breathing picking up; he's quick to work his hands into his sleeves, to toy with the fabric there to give himself something to do, and he takes a moment to breathe, to try to force his breathing itself to become less jagged- ]
There are some things where you can't force the burden of knowing onto someone else - where things change for them, once they know. I imagine you understand what I mean when I say that, now.
[And there are a lot of things he isn't saying, still - he understands if this is a dealbreaker, he understands if Jaeger wants nothing further to do with him beyond this point...
He understands, but that doesn't change the fact that he can feel himself shaking despite himself.]
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[His words are still unnaturally calm, but he can feel his breathing picking up; he's quick to work his hands into his sleeves, to toy with the fabric there to give himself something to do, and he takes a moment to breathe, to try to force his breathing itself to become less jagged- ]
There are some things where you can't force the burden of knowing onto someone else - where things change for them, once they know. I imagine you understand what I mean when I say that, now.
[And there are a lot of things he isn't saying, still - he understands if this is a dealbreaker, he understands if Jaeger wants nothing further to do with him beyond this point...
He understands, but that doesn't change the fact that he can feel himself shaking despite himself.]