[Kieren's shaking his head hard before Thomas is done talking, arms wrapped round himself bracingly tight.]
No, I don't... want to be a risk to everyone. If it gets too close I'll leave or... find somebody with a gun and...
[For someone who killed himself once already, suggesting someone else finish the job proves to be remarkably difficult. Kieren's teeth grate hard against each other as he settles himself again. He's not running. Not when someone's trying to help him, no matter how impossible it might sound.]
And I could try not telling people. But, I think they'll have questions.
[He turns round, then, head ducked at first. But then he tilts his chin up, meeting Thomas' eyes with his own blank ones and a smile it doesn't look like he's practiced for a very long time.]
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No, I don't... want to be a risk to everyone. If it gets too close I'll leave or... find somebody with a gun and...
[For someone who killed himself once already, suggesting someone else finish the job proves to be remarkably difficult. Kieren's teeth grate hard against each other as he settles himself again. He's not running. Not when someone's trying to help him, no matter how impossible it might sound.]
And I could try not telling people. But, I think they'll have questions.
[He turns round, then, head ducked at first. But then he tilts his chin up, meeting Thomas' eyes with his own blank ones and a smile it doesn't look like he's practiced for a very long time.]