[Velocity reaches out a hand for him, but pulls it back almost before she starts the movement, not wanting to scare him any more than he obviously already is. He looks like she feels so much of the time, and she hates that for him. He looks so miserable, so tangled up in what he's feeling and thinking, and she wishes she could fix it. She always wishes she could fix things that are broken]

Donnie.

[She says it gently, so gently, speaking to him the way she wishes her teachers and the other students had spoken to her back in school when she made mistakes]

Donnie, I need you to listen. Focus on what I'm saying, all right? I forgive you. I already had. It's okay to mess up sometimes, that's how you learn. But-

[She smiles at him, strained but real]

But you're panicking. Making yourself feel worse won't help this, and it won't help you. It'll be okay. We'll figure it out. But I need you to breathe, now.