[He's never heard Break talk about his physical state in such detail before, and it's honestly chilling to hear. It's like my whole body is cracking. And he knows Break doesn't exaggerate about things like this, so - imagine, then, a person in that much pain all the time.
It's a good thing Break can't hear him, since he wouldn't know what to say in the first place.
But he keeps going and as he goes, Gilbert starts to piece things together. The death shocks causing him problems isn't exactly new, since he'd been there several times after executions when Break's body had started to give out more than before. But the reminder than it could be any instance of stress is definitely sobering. All of the times he's had to yell at them or try to wrangle a situation, the few trials that he'd devoted his time and energy to, and whatever this big secret operation that he's been dragged into entails - he's certain that all of it has been a great weight on Break.
And then, I don't think I'll live another week.
He's still. Unusually still, even for a ghost. How does one react to that, anyway? How does Break feel about it? It's always so difficult to discern his true emotions, especially for someone like Gilbert, who is clumsy when it comes to these things.
It'll be another few seconds before Break will feel something - this time against the back of his hand, since Gilbert is still conscientious enough to not want to mess up his scarf. He spells out not sins? which is vague, but it's just him getting confirmation that Break doesn't think he'll live another week because of his own deteriorating health, rather than the swath of this week's murders brought on - as far as he knows - by the demons.]
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It's a good thing Break can't hear him, since he wouldn't know what to say in the first place.
But he keeps going and as he goes, Gilbert starts to piece things together. The death shocks causing him problems isn't exactly new, since he'd been there several times after executions when Break's body had started to give out more than before. But the reminder than it could be any instance of stress is definitely sobering. All of the times he's had to yell at them or try to wrangle a situation, the few trials that he'd devoted his time and energy to, and whatever this big secret operation that he's been dragged into entails - he's certain that all of it has been a great weight on Break.
And then, I don't think I'll live another week.
He's still. Unusually still, even for a ghost. How does one react to that, anyway? How does Break feel about it? It's always so difficult to discern his true emotions, especially for someone like Gilbert, who is clumsy when it comes to these things.
It'll be another few seconds before Break will feel something - this time against the back of his hand, since Gilbert is still conscientious enough to not want to mess up his scarf. He spells out not sins? which is vague, but it's just him getting confirmation that Break doesn't think he'll live another week because of his own deteriorating health, rather than the swath of this week's murders brought on - as far as he knows - by the demons.]