[ Jim lets himself be pulled, and doesn't hesitate to hold tight to Zell. He's not sure which sense Zell means, either, but the answer's the same: ]
I'm trying.
[ If it's in Jim's power, he isn't going anywhere, and he hopes Zell knows that. Because there's nothing else to say, he starts to hum the same song he'd sung to Zell over the tablets the night they'd been forcibly separated. ]
[ He already knows he's not going to be sleeping tonight. Even with the comforting warmth against him singing a song that normally brighten his day. Zell is afraid of taking his eyes off Jim. Afraid the moment he does, this stupid place is going to take him away again. He'll dissolve into static and he can't really trust it yet. Can't trust letting go for the night.
Pressing a kiss against his shoulder. ]
That's good enough for me. [ With that, he starts humming along. ]
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I'm trying.
[ If it's in Jim's power, he isn't going anywhere, and he hopes Zell knows that. Because there's nothing else to say, he starts to hum the same song he'd sung to Zell over the tablets the night they'd been forcibly separated. ]
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Pressing a kiss against his shoulder. ]
That's good enough for me. [ With that, he starts humming along. ]