[ the shift from the hug to business is pretty seamless, which is equal parts due to the fact that's always just been how nat is, but also the fact it's easy to slip into work mode when they're at this together.
when jaskier meets sam's eyes, though, that confirms it. it is ciri, then, and that has some of what sam is trying to shift through into perspective. that ciri is who was being dragged, that ciri has now been taken, and that needs to be included in their assessment. sam feels himself frown the more that jaskier describes of the magic and the monsters. of the experience jaskier had while out there with her.
it is when jaskier pales, when he freezes, that sam reaches out to set a (hopefully) stilling hand to his elbow. he can see just how much this is affecting jaskier, how deeply. ] Which means that the people taking everyone is leading them to some kind of... [ monster? creature? thing? he glances at natasha for a brief moment to see if she had any idea, before his attention is brought back to the stones. he takes them when jaskier offers, letting go of his elbow and turning them over in his hand. part of him had wanted to make sure whatever it was that had recorded the sound wouldn't have been corrupted by anything else that's been happening with the singularity, but with the stones in hand he is increasingly aware that there's...no real way for him to check.
so he nods, accepts it for what it is, and hands these off to nat as well - assuming she would want to check over the replicas of them too. ]
Hey- [ sam says, calming, turning back to jaskier. he can see the low-grade panic in him, and that's what now has sam's attention. he's gauging just where jaskier's fear is settling, if he'll let sam reach out and take his shoulders or if the touch will just startle him. ] You're okay. And she's going to be okay. We're going to get them out, if Ciri doesn't bust her way out of there herself. Alright?
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when jaskier meets sam's eyes, though, that confirms it. it is ciri, then, and that has some of what sam is trying to shift through into perspective. that ciri is who was being dragged, that ciri has now been taken, and that needs to be included in their assessment. sam feels himself frown the more that jaskier describes of the magic and the monsters. of the experience jaskier had while out there with her.
it is when jaskier pales, when he freezes, that sam reaches out to set a (hopefully) stilling hand to his elbow. he can see just how much this is affecting jaskier, how deeply. ] Which means that the people taking everyone is leading them to some kind of... [ monster? creature? thing? he glances at natasha for a brief moment to see if she had any idea, before his attention is brought back to the stones. he takes them when jaskier offers, letting go of his elbow and turning them over in his hand. part of him had wanted to make sure whatever it was that had recorded the sound wouldn't have been corrupted by anything else that's been happening with the singularity, but with the stones in hand he is increasingly aware that there's...no real way for him to check.
so he nods, accepts it for what it is, and hands these off to nat as well - assuming she would want to check over the replicas of them too. ]
Hey- [ sam says, calming, turning back to jaskier. he can see the low-grade panic in him, and that's what now has sam's attention. he's gauging just where jaskier's fear is settling, if he'll let sam reach out and take his shoulders or if the touch will just startle him. ] You're okay. And she's going to be okay. We're going to get them out, if Ciri doesn't bust her way out of there herself. Alright?