[It's not hard to notice how Max's attempt to lie- or at the very least cover up the severity of how bad she is feeling- is pretty much immediately squashed by an outside influence. Basil would have been feeling the same himself, if he hadn't been deliberately isolating himself from everyone for days on end. It's pretty pointed, because he knows that's what he's feeling. He's lucky he hadn't already spilled his guts the instant he opened his mouth to answer her...
But he's had years of practice. Years, holding his tongue. It was always going to be a little harder for this magic to take hold of him, but...
Take hold it will. Because at this point, Basil has been fighting it for days. He's weak and tired, and it shows in the way he trembles slightly as he uncurls just slightly, sitting forward a fraction.]
...neither do I.
[He breathes it, as if he's whispering a secret. Basil can't help but feel...some kind of way, for sure, when Max insists that she needed to see him. To be with him.
Why? He doesn't know. All he knows is that he's too worn thin to protect himself any longer. He just hopes she remembers to shut the door, as the darkness fills the space around them.
Basil's eyes are wide as he speaks up a moment later, almost unnaturally so.]
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But he's had years of practice. Years, holding his tongue. It was always going to be a little harder for this magic to take hold of him, but...
Take hold it will. Because at this point, Basil has been fighting it for days. He's weak and tired, and it shows in the way he trembles slightly as he uncurls just slightly, sitting forward a fraction.]
...neither do I.
[He breathes it, as if he's whispering a secret. Basil can't help but feel...some kind of way, for sure, when Max insists that she needed to see him. To be with him.
Why? He doesn't know. All he knows is that he's too worn thin to protect himself any longer. He just hopes she remembers to shut the door, as the darkness fills the space around them.
Basil's eyes are wide as he speaks up a moment later, almost unnaturally so.]
...you hear it too, don't you?