When I wasn’t aware of anything else, I knew you were there.
Raju's hands slow, then stop again. His gaze, for once, isn't seeing the man in front of him. All that time when he'd thought... And even when Francis might not have been dying, it'd all still felt so useless. He'd tried anyway, he doesn't know how to do anything else, but—
Then Francis asks how to thank him and some warm wave starts spreading out through Raju's chest, and spreads over his face as he looks into Francis' again. "I don't know if it'll work here, if I speak a language you won't understand," he murmurs. For a moment he only looks at Francis, looking surprised and soft.
"Dhanyavadamulu," he says, still quietly. The word comes out sounding the way it's supposed to, at least for him, and when his hands start finishing up with the bandages they move more slowly. He'll have to leave the room once he's done, if only for a few minutes, and doesn't really want to. Not because of fear, this time. It's a welcome change.
"I didn't know you were... aware, for any of that time." Easier to say this when he isn't looking at Francis, so he watches his hands again. "Except the once. And it seemed like you were dreaming most of the time after that. I didn't think you noticed me."
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Raju's hands slow, then stop again. His gaze, for once, isn't seeing the man in front of him. All that time when he'd thought... And even when Francis might not have been dying, it'd all still felt so useless. He'd tried anyway, he doesn't know how to do anything else, but—
Then Francis asks how to thank him and some warm wave starts spreading out through Raju's chest, and spreads over his face as he looks into Francis' again. "I don't know if it'll work here, if I speak a language you won't understand," he murmurs. For a moment he only looks at Francis, looking surprised and soft.
"Dhanyavadamulu," he says, still quietly. The word comes out sounding the way it's supposed to, at least for him, and when his hands start finishing up with the bandages they move more slowly. He'll have to leave the room once he's done, if only for a few minutes, and doesn't really want to. Not because of fear, this time. It's a welcome change.
"I didn't know you were... aware, for any of that time." Easier to say this when he isn't looking at Francis, so he watches his hands again. "Except the once. And it seemed like you were dreaming most of the time after that. I didn't think you noticed me."