They watch, vaguely curious at first, and then alarmed as Tim's attempts to rip the mask off are fruitless and clearly painful.
They are not...sure, if it would be polite to touch the mask, but they can at least try to offer some comfort in the face of it. The clear distress he's in sparks a half-remembered facet of a dark memory; the sensation of something being stripped away, being bound into a blank, featureless container-
Tim will feel small hands patting patiently at his own, an almost imperceptible weight as the Knight seats themselves beside him.
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They watch, vaguely curious at first, and then alarmed as Tim's attempts to rip the mask off are fruitless and clearly painful.
They are not...sure, if it would be polite to touch the mask, but they can at least try to offer some comfort in the face of it. The clear distress he's in sparks a half-remembered facet of a dark memory; the sensation of something being stripped away, being bound into a blank, featureless container-
Tim will feel small hands patting patiently at his own, an almost imperceptible weight as the Knight seats themselves beside him.
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