[ There's a war to be waged between sharper concern and relief. It helps to have the contact. Serves as a much more concrete way to make sure Crowley stays in tow, that he doesn't somehow fall too far behind and slip out of sight in the space between glances.
It also serves to underscore the way that something is clearly wrong. Crowley is pale, shaken, withdrawn in a way that he never gets. Aziraphale would like to say several words. Get whatever it is turned out. Try to help. He can't figure what could have... well, gone so wrong. Apart from the obvious in waking up in this place.
Probably for the better that there are, in fact, some things he's quite good at restraining himself with. ]
Not a solitary peep. [ It'll be the most un-remarked upon hand holding in history.
He stumbles a little bit when the forest floor gives way to pavement beneath their feet, flash-in-the-pan annoyance over it included free of charge. Probably a good sign to have gotten here, though. If he doesn't try to see anything as a good sign at all, he's not entirely sure what else to do. ]
Right. Shouldn't be far off. [ Aziraphale takes a moment to try to orient himself and make a call on his own left versus right memory debate. The thing that makes them lucky is that, unbeknownst to him, there's some kind of building both ways. ]
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It also serves to underscore the way that something is clearly wrong. Crowley is pale, shaken, withdrawn in a way that he never gets. Aziraphale would like to say several words. Get whatever it is turned out. Try to help. He can't figure what could have... well, gone so wrong. Apart from the obvious in waking up in this place.
Probably for the better that there are, in fact, some things he's quite good at restraining himself with. ]
Not a solitary peep. [ It'll be the most un-remarked upon hand holding in history.
He stumbles a little bit when the forest floor gives way to pavement beneath their feet, flash-in-the-pan annoyance over it included free of charge. Probably a good sign to have gotten here, though. If he doesn't try to see anything as a good sign at all, he's not entirely sure what else to do. ]
Right. Shouldn't be far off. [ Aziraphale takes a moment to try to orient himself and make a call on his own left versus right memory debate. The thing that makes them lucky is that, unbeknownst to him, there's some kind of building both ways. ]