[Gregor hadn't anticipated the unbreakable oath being a point of reassurance and some buried lingering guilt falls apart in relief. That's okay, then. He still has a kneejerk distaste for the whole word programming, for conditioning anyone, but admittedly he doesn't know how it works. He's never allowed it and never will.
Instead he focuses, his faith in Miles bubbling up, a nice, easy, comfortable thing. When Gregor goes to widen his link to him, it springs open, all the sustained tension of being contracted released at once. He leads in with reassurance and apology, prepared; he feeds it to him directly, Miles's brother kept far back in his mind somewhere out in the murky depths.
Miles, I know you're going crazy in there, and I'm sorry, but bear with me a little longer. It's all fine and no one's been hurt. I just need to ask you for a favor.]
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Instead he focuses, his faith in Miles bubbling up, a nice, easy, comfortable thing. When Gregor goes to widen his link to him, it springs open, all the sustained tension of being contracted released at once. He leads in with reassurance and apology, prepared; he feeds it to him directly, Miles's brother kept far back in his mind somewhere out in the murky depths.
Miles, I know you're going crazy in there, and I'm sorry, but bear with me a little longer. It's all fine and no one's been hurt. I just need to ask you for a favor.]