"you can go back to sleep. it's safe." - @slobbyseconds
( @slobbyseconds )
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*[Slob's words come as a welcome interruption to a mind that races even while still being groggy with sleep. Thoughts that stumbled desperately in their running through his skull are slowed to a halt, a familiar voice reminding him where he is and who he's with. Remembering now that he must've been asleep. And it could've been anything, the abrupt sound which woke him from a comfortable slumber. It could've been nothing-- Phthalo knows that. Something being dropped, a door closing particularly loudly, the list of mundane explanations goes on.]
*[Didn't stop him from startling awake, instinctively reaching for the nearest consolation and snatching it close with a strained wheeze through his teeth. And of course, Slob was right there to gravitate towards. A bit sheepish, even quieter, as Phthalo ever so slowly loosens his death grip on the other skeleton's robe, shirt, and well... whole self, really.]
* " right... 'course it is. hhheh. "
*[He ALMOST apologizes outright, but. Instead there's a pause, grounding himself further... and he keeps phalanges hooked into fabric just a little, reluctant in that way. He probably shouldn't apologize if he isn't going to let go, huh? Phthalo's eyes slide shut again, encouraged with a heavy feeling that makes them hard to keep open any longer. He sighs softly, and the sound carries relief. Comfort and sleepiness, too.]
* " ... thanks. "