[Right. Right, he remembers now. That strategy. He has to breathe first. Follow through with that first instruction.]
[If nothing else, he's good at following orders.]
(Sam, I... don't think there's... five things in my room.) [A sense of thready, weak humor. It's supposed to be funny. Not turning down or ignoring the suggestion. Just -- Shiro's other coping strategy.]
(Me. The... bed. Armor. Clothes. Old... coffee mug.) [Damn he needs to clean that up.]
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[Right. Right, he remembers now. That strategy. He has to breathe first. Follow through with that first instruction.]
[If nothing else, he's good at following orders.]
(Sam, I... don't think there's... five things in my room.) [A sense of thready, weak humor. It's supposed to be funny. Not turning down or ignoring the suggestion. Just -- Shiro's other coping strategy.]
(Me. The... bed. Armor. Clothes. Old... coffee mug.) [Damn he needs to clean that up.]