He meets Yuri's stare steadily, more steady and firm and adamant than he's been this entire dream.
He's right. Talking did help ground him. Suddenly he's not quite so preoccupied by the trees anymore. He's more concerned about the million other things wrong with his life, with his entire situation, with the fact that he's just given himself away to someone who might very well draw attention to him in the waking world. That's not what he needs. Not on top of everything else.
Sure handled this interaction well, didn't he? He isn't Jay and he isn't Alex - he should be better at this.
"You don't get what I've dealt with," Tim says flatly. "There are reasons for it, and trust me when I say that it is far," he hesitates, knowing the risk he might be taking with the word choice but he's been more or less backed into a corner at this point and if it'll keep Yuri from mentioning this to anyone once he's awake - "safer," Tim says finally, carefully, eyes dark and meaningful, "this way."
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He's right. Talking did help ground him. Suddenly he's not quite so preoccupied by the trees anymore. He's more concerned about the million other things wrong with his life, with his entire situation, with the fact that he's just given himself away to someone who might very well draw attention to him in the waking world. That's not what he needs. Not on top of everything else.
Sure handled this interaction well, didn't he? He isn't Jay and he isn't Alex - he should be better at this.
"You don't get what I've dealt with," Tim says flatly. "There are reasons for it, and trust me when I say that it is far," he hesitates, knowing the risk he might be taking with the word choice but he's been more or less backed into a corner at this point and if it'll keep Yuri from mentioning this to anyone once he's awake - "safer," Tim says finally, carefully, eyes dark and meaningful, "this way."