[Why is he saying this? More importantly, why is he saying it now? This wasn't...what they were talking about- not that they had much of a topic of discussion to begin with- yet it's coming out of nowhere like Basil can't make any other words form. And it's because, in essence, he can't. He has to tell her something, otherwise he feels like something worse will happen.
So as Max sits up and leans against him, Basil immediately wraps his tail loosely around her. He's careful, the spines laying down against his skin so they don't accidentally poke into her. He just hopes it's enough to help her stay upright. He's so worried about her, and if this music weren't dictating his every thought, he'd be asking her if she was okay. He can hear the way her voice sounds when she breathes, like she's halfway underwater...
And really, that's what brings Basil right back to the words dancing on the tip of his tongue.]
I...it wasn't...
[Get away from me!!
He remembers how cold it was, when he crashed through the water's surface. He remembers...thinks he remembers someone jumping in after him, but he doesn't know who. Because soon after that the darkness swallowed him up, and then...
...]
I was...pushed. A-and I...I don't remember anything after that.
cw: drowning
So as Max sits up and leans against him, Basil immediately wraps his tail loosely around her. He's careful, the spines laying down against his skin so they don't accidentally poke into her. He just hopes it's enough to help her stay upright. He's so worried about her, and if this music weren't dictating his every thought, he'd be asking her if she was okay. He can hear the way her voice sounds when she breathes, like she's halfway underwater...
And really, that's what brings Basil right back to the words dancing on the tip of his tongue.]
I...it wasn't...
[Get away from me!!
He remembers how cold it was, when he crashed through the water's surface. He remembers...thinks he remembers someone jumping in after him, but he doesn't know who. Because soon after that the darkness swallowed him up, and then...
...]
I was...pushed. A-and I...I don't remember anything after that.