[ For just a moment her horror makes him think of Amy, the way he’d found her at Upsilon, immobilized in WAU debris and run through by wires and chitinous pipes like the host to a parasite.
(And the first thing she’d said to him. Don’t hurt me.)
Simon holds his hands out hastily with a shake of his head. He looks, unintentionally, like he’s trying to calm down an actual horse. Except louder, but he tries to sound reassuring anyway. ] No, no- it’s okay, I’m not gonna hurt you. I just wanted to see if you were okay.
[ The unfairness of having to repeatedly talk down people who are terrified of his inhuman appearance just re-settles numbly into the back of his mind. He can’t say he blames anyone for it, and her even less than most, but he can’t rationalize it into not feeling shitty. ]
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(And the first thing she’d said to him. Don’t hurt me.)
Simon holds his hands out hastily with a shake of his head. He looks, unintentionally, like he’s trying to calm down an actual horse. Except louder, but he tries to sound reassuring anyway. ] No, no- it’s okay, I’m not gonna hurt you. I just wanted to see if you were okay.
[ The unfairness of having to repeatedly talk down people who are terrified of his inhuman appearance just re-settles numbly into the back of his mind. He can’t say he blames anyone for it, and her even less than most, but he can’t rationalize it into not feeling shitty. ]