[He kept walking when John stopped, and was almost beside him when the Heir started walking again. Something was off.]
Egbert-- [He reached forward and grabbed John by the shoulder without really thinking, and in realizing he'd done it out of some sickening form of concern, he forced his eyebrows together into a scowl and tugged roughly on the shoulder once it was in his grasp.] Tell me you didn't fuck it up, too. [He needs you to tell him this, John. He's not sure why, but-- but if you can't recover, if you can't be derp and just a perpetual axis point for his rage and irritation, he won't be okay. And he can't not be okay right now.]
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Egbert-- [He reached forward and grabbed John by the shoulder without really thinking, and in realizing he'd done it out of some sickening form of concern, he forced his eyebrows together into a scowl and tugged roughly on the shoulder once it was in his grasp.] Tell me you didn't fuck it up, too. [He needs you to tell him this, John. He's not sure why, but-- but if you can't recover, if you can't be derp and just a perpetual axis point for his rage and irritation, he won't be okay. And he can't not be okay right now.]