[Perhaps he shouldn't be either, then. But it was jarring all the same, to find Ashe missing. That debilitating feeling of not being able to find him hours later, it was an unkind thing.]
The others are still present. [As Felix's clock would show, certainly; he realizes that maybe that wasn't what he was asking.]
Though if you ask after how the news is being taken, it is just about as well as you or I.
[Enjoy this hefty pause, Dimitri, because ooh, boy. How does one ask how someone is holding up... without actually asking how someone is holding up... nah, just kidding. It's more like his blunt nature momentarily clashes with his stubborn desire to keep a certain Distance between them, but some things (re: Dimitri's general State) are just Important, so:]
And how well have you taken it?
[Felix went poking about Kyst, eager to Do rather than Worry, but Dimitri...? Texts are texts are texts.]
[The pause runs so long that Dimitri thinks, for a moment, that Felix doesn’t plan on replying further. It would not be surprising — a text conversation just means that he can end it whenever he likes, just like that.
So it is surprising when he receives that reply, and moreover, the nature of the question itself.]
I am frustrated. Restless. But otherwise, fine.
[Better than things used to be, not dipping into those lows as far as he’s concerned. Surely that’s why Felix asks.
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The others are still present. [As Felix's clock would show, certainly; he realizes that maybe that wasn't what he was asking.]
Though if you ask after how the news is being taken, it is just about as well as you or I.
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And how well have you taken it?
[Felix went poking about Kyst, eager to Do rather than Worry, but Dimitri...? Texts are texts are texts.]
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So it is surprising when he receives that reply, and moreover, the nature of the question itself.]
I am frustrated. Restless. But otherwise, fine.
[Better than things used to be, not dipping into those lows as far as he’s concerned. Surely that’s why Felix asks.
Still, he’s somewhat grateful all the same.]