[The turtle does his best to follow along, his limbs slowly easing from their compressed states, if only by just a bit.]
One...two...three...
[Tethered to the moment. That's exactly what he needs, and even if the reference is lost on him, the necessity of focusing, on just breathing, that translates well enough. He doesn't trust his counts but he lets Velocity handle that part as he just tries to breathe on the right beats, in, two, three, four, out, two, three, four.
His heart doesn't feel like it's trying to pound its way out of his chest, the rush of blood lessening in his ears as he just continues to concentrate on breathing, his fingers slowly loosening from the folds of his hoodie sleeves that he'd practically dug his claws into.]
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One...two...three...
[Tethered to the moment. That's exactly what he needs, and even if the reference is lost on him, the necessity of focusing, on just breathing, that translates well enough. He doesn't trust his counts but he lets Velocity handle that part as he just tries to breathe on the right beats, in, two, three, four, out, two, three, four.
His heart doesn't feel like it's trying to pound its way out of his chest, the rush of blood lessening in his ears as he just continues to concentrate on breathing, his fingers slowly loosening from the folds of his hoodie sleeves that he'd practically dug his claws into.]