[The answer to that is...barely. Just barely. And unhealthily, to be sure. He has to put it outside of himself, the same way he did when Mari died, because he knows he'll be inconsolable if he doesn't. It doesn't allow him space to process, or grieve.
It's eroding him slowly, constantly, from the inside out.
When Max reaches for him, Basil doesn't hesitate to take her claw. They both know what needs to be done from here.
cw: disassociation, omori spoilers
It's eroding him slowly, constantly, from the inside out.
When Max reaches for him, Basil doesn't hesitate to take her claw. They both know what needs to be done from here.
It's just a matter of making themselves do it.]