[the mere suggestion has his eye widening, fear seeping in until he looks nothing short of haunted, and he shakes his head.
Exhaustion is all over him, pooling in the weary shadows around his eyes and pulling on the lines of his brow, and yet he can't imagine letting himself rest. He's just spent weeks drowning in powerless nothing... and the thought of going back there, even for something like sleep, is a terrifying idea.
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Exhaustion is all over him, pooling in the weary shadows around his eyes and pulling on the lines of his brow, and yet he can't imagine letting himself rest. He's just spent weeks drowning in powerless nothing... and the thought of going back there, even for something like sleep, is a terrifying idea.
He might not come back again.]