[ Something like that noise, at any rate. Caught off guard somehow, but softened in a breath of unbidden air. How someone can turn that tense and yet still shake like a leaf is unknowable, but the hand near Carver's jaw takes a steadying hold of his shoulder instead.
There's no question of whether he is awakening down there; he's clearly already straining, and had been ignoring it until now. ]
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[ Something like that noise, at any rate. Caught off guard somehow, but softened in a breath of unbidden air. How someone can turn that tense and yet still shake like a leaf is unknowable, but the hand near Carver's jaw takes a steadying hold of his shoulder instead.
There's no question of whether he is awakening down there; he's clearly already straining, and had been ignoring it until now. ]