[Jaime doesn't know how to help Ken relax either. Maybe that's because he doesn't know how to do it for himself; he knows a countless number of people who are going home to either certain death, or almost certain death, and every time he thinks about it, he can feel it working him into knots upon knots. He's in the position of support almost every day, and he knows better than almost anyone how draining that can be, how sleepless nights are not haunted by your own problems, but by the problems of another.
But that's what you sign up for when you open your heart to someone else, as Ken has to a surprising amount of people here. Standing back, it's easy to see how many ties Ken has to the world, how he likely has even more than Jaime does at this point. That opens up a whole lot of joy for Ken, perhaps... but a whole lot of sorrow too.]
That's a big if, [Jaime says, though he knows it's inadequate. He considers, momentarily, bringing up the afterlife... but if Ken doesn't believe in that, bringing it up would only make things worse. Jaime believes in something, of course, but it's difficult not to when you've come face to face with the vengeful spirit of god, when you've known another who's made a literal deal with the devil.]
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But that's what you sign up for when you open your heart to someone else, as Ken has to a surprising amount of people here. Standing back, it's easy to see how many ties Ken has to the world, how he likely has even more than Jaime does at this point. That opens up a whole lot of joy for Ken, perhaps... but a whole lot of sorrow too.]
That's a big if, [Jaime says, though he knows it's inadequate. He considers, momentarily, bringing up the afterlife... but if Ken doesn't believe in that, bringing it up would only make things worse. Jaime believes in something, of course, but it's difficult not to when you've come face to face with the vengeful spirit of god, when you've known another who's made a literal deal with the devil.]
Are they happy here?