[That's-- not the reaction Ghastly expected. That should have gotten a laugh, or at worst a weird look. That shouldn't have made the man collapse into tears in the street.]
[...but he's been a soldier, in his time. After a fashion. Sometimes it's the strangest things. Ghastly makes a note about no more limb jokes, and he comes over and kneels, putting them on the same level, trying to make sure he's in the stranger's field of vision all the while. More difficult with a one-eyed man, but he's trying.]
[He hesitates -- sometimes touch is grounding, sometimes it's bad -- but eventually sets a hand on the man's back gingerly, reasoning that at least this way he'll have a chance to recoil and then Ghastly will know for sure.]
Hey-- hey. It's all right.
[He has no idea why that sparked this reaction, but he's very sorry.]
he's really sorry i promise
[...but he's been a soldier, in his time. After a fashion. Sometimes it's the strangest things. Ghastly makes a note about no more limb jokes, and he comes over and kneels, putting them on the same level, trying to make sure he's in the stranger's field of vision all the while. More difficult with a one-eyed man, but he's trying.]
[He hesitates -- sometimes touch is grounding, sometimes it's bad -- but eventually sets a hand on the man's back gingerly, reasoning that at least this way he'll have a chance to recoil and then Ghastly will know for sure.]
Hey-- hey. It's all right.
[He has no idea why that sparked this reaction, but he's very sorry.]
You're safe. I'm sorry, I didn't mean--