Something about that- in particular, makes Alfred pause - his eyes flick away as he seems to be trying to recall something. Wasn't there a tree he had paused at on the way into the town? He could swear he asked to stop a moment there, to sit, to catch his breath before he had been ushered away by the Professor.
But...he lets it go. Herbert is clearly upset, and all he really wants is to comfort him. Reaching up, he wipes at his tears with his thumbs, putting a sad little smile on himself.
"...If he was important to you, then...I'm...I'm flattered, to hear that I remind you of him. I don't think it's silly at all." My dear, he feels the urge to add, but he tamps it down, wobbling a little where he sits.
"S-sorry, Engel, I'm - I'm very tired...."
And his chest still burns, worse than before - but he dares not mention that now. Herbert is rattled enough.
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Something about that- in particular, makes Alfred pause - his eyes flick away as he seems to be trying to recall something. Wasn't there a tree he had paused at on the way into the town? He could swear he asked to stop a moment there, to sit, to catch his breath before he had been ushered away by the Professor.
But...he lets it go. Herbert is clearly upset, and all he really wants is to comfort him. Reaching up, he wipes at his tears with his thumbs, putting a sad little smile on himself.
"...If he was important to you, then...I'm...I'm flattered, to hear that I remind you of him. I don't think it's silly at all." My dear, he feels the urge to add, but he tamps it down, wobbling a little where he sits.
"S-sorry, Engel, I'm - I'm very tired...."
And his chest still burns, worse than before - but he dares not mention that now. Herbert is rattled enough.