Herbert nods a little, voice cracking slightly as he speaks. "Yes. I was terrified. I started smashing every mirror I could find until Father found me and managed to calm me down a little.
I'd forgotten what it was like. To be so new. To have to adjust. There's so many things I'm used to now, after almost three hundred years, that I forgot you'll have to go through. Like mirrors.
There are things that will be frightening. But I'll be there with you."
It...helps, knowing that Herbert had once been where he is now. That little crack in his voice is just a reminder that, under it all, years ago, he had been human once too.
And just like that, Alfred feels like he can understand him just a little better.
Absent mindedly, he reaches up to touch his cheek, looking him in the eyes.
"...Thank you. I...I'm glad you're here. I need you."
"I'll be here for as long as you need me, my love. We can find old sheets and cover every mirror we find, if you'd like. And if you need to smash a few, you can." Herbert leans into the touch and gives Alfred a soft, tentative smile.
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Date: 2022-01-31 04:57 am (UTC)I'd forgotten what it was like. To be so new. To have to adjust. There's so many things I'm used to now, after almost three hundred years, that I forgot you'll have to go through. Like mirrors.
There are things that will be frightening. But I'll be there with you."
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Date: 2022-01-31 05:16 am (UTC)And just like that, Alfred feels like he can understand him just a little better.
Absent mindedly, he reaches up to touch his cheek, looking him in the eyes.
"...Thank you. I...I'm glad you're here. I need you."
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Date: 2022-02-07 12:32 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-02-07 12:51 am (UTC)It hits him, all at once, and he speaks before thinking:
"You've...you've never helped someone else through this before. Have you?"