[ This is not what should be happening in the nightmare forest.
No, this isn't the Nightmare Forest, but it's angling for the same thing. And instead of Gorgug being challenged by his deepest fears and securities, what he's instead being challenged by is his embarrassment of fear itself: that he is being comforted by it at all.
Because when he's dragged into walking again (a half drag, a small drag), there is the start of a dark colouration around his cheeks that makes itself right at home as Fabian throws him that grin and that bold confidence. He's ducking his head and refusing to meet his friend's gaze or even the road's gaze, a rather unwise choice under the circumstances. But at least he trusts Fabian's sense of direction?
He mutters out a 'no', anyway, that's tiny and small under his breath, eventually letting his fingers curl around Fabian's hand after it. There's still the forest around him that he should be scared of, and he will be! He'll get back to that! But right now, fluster has won: the horrors have been bested by a half-orc's shyness
His voice has continued to lose his volume too, as he puts out there, like a mumble: ] If you start seeing a lot of bugs, that's-- [ my fear? he can't admit that!! ] Uh, well, just watch out.
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No, this isn't the Nightmare Forest, but it's angling for the same thing. And instead of Gorgug being challenged by his deepest fears and securities, what he's instead being challenged by is his embarrassment of fear itself: that he is being comforted by it at all.
Because when he's dragged into walking again (a half drag, a small drag), there is the start of a dark colouration around his cheeks that makes itself right at home as Fabian throws him that grin and that bold confidence. He's ducking his head and refusing to meet his friend's gaze or even the road's gaze, a rather unwise choice under the circumstances. But at least he trusts Fabian's sense of direction?
He mutters out a 'no', anyway, that's tiny and small under his breath, eventually letting his fingers curl around Fabian's hand after it. There's still the forest around him that he should be scared of, and he will be! He'll get back to that! But right now, fluster has won: the horrors have been bested by a half-orc's shyness
His voice has continued to lose his volume too, as he puts out there, like a mumble: ] If you start seeing a lot of bugs, that's-- [ my fear? he can't admit that!! ] Uh, well, just watch out.