Lefeng said nothing. Talking seemed to be too much effort. Ey had known ey was not doing well since Chotaikytsai accepted them, but that had been a general grumpiness and tiredness ey had put down to being stuck in the city. This was different.
Ey barely managed to choke down any breakfast and more than once had to scrub tears from eir face.
Chotaikytsai was absorbed with Chestef, but Paiokp and Kolchais asked eir what was wrong. Lefeng tried to shrug it off, push the way ey was feeling aside, but Kolchais wouldn’t let em.
“Pushing stuff away doesn’t help. I mean, if you’re in danger and have to push stuff away to deal with it, that’s one thing. But you’re safe here, so don’t push it away, whatever it is.”
“Maybe you should rest for a day,” Paiokp said, “You haven’t stopped pushing yourself since… “ ey swallowed, “…Since the wave killed everyone.”