[It's fine, Olivine just needs a moment. It wouldn't really even matter if Rei had casually pressed on, ultimately—but the concern is appreciated in that moment. It's something to see at least, the way he puts himself back together one piece at a time, until he's right back to the standard of warm concern that is Father Olivine.]
It's possible that he simply completed the game, but it's worth looking into.
[possible, not likely. Olivine's own reaction suggests what a surprise it had come to him as, and the likelihood of someone like Eiden not informing his clan member that he was getting close to completing the game that could send them home is basically nil. They'll both know this, of course.
Rei's weight flops down next to him and that's enough to break most of the lingering gloom in the priest—easy to mistake as a mask, but really, he just... likes the company. Trust is hard to find for someone like Rei, and Olivine is at least a little aware of it. Fingers flex as if to reach, to soothe on instinct, but he curtails that to gently take the letter, gaze turning to it.
Curiosity, a familiar hunger for answers sits there, followed by a shift of surprise. After all, he recognises that moniker... to a degree. There's a chance it, too, is referring to someone else, but...]
I'm happy to provide support in this, Rei. Whatever you may need. But—one moment.
[in case something happens to me is not a thought he's prepared to entertain right this second, though he understands why Rei says it that way. That's not what's stopping him though. That cause is his Watch, wherein it will be obvious that he's still a little clumsy with it. Getting to his messages is easy enough, but actually finding the damned link... once found though, he sends it to Rei's own messages.]
If it's the same J, then this might be helpful to you. I didn't read most of it, but if we're to believe what J says here, they were also a player like the rest of us, once.
[and if you take it at face value, that does also mean J is probably privy to whatever they say even here... and maybe more, really. Olivine isn't sure how much he believes, just yet.]
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It's possible that he simply completed the game, but it's worth looking into.
[possible, not likely. Olivine's own reaction suggests what a surprise it had come to him as, and the likelihood of someone like Eiden not informing his clan member that he was getting close to completing the game that could send them home is basically nil. They'll both know this, of course.
Rei's weight flops down next to him and that's enough to break most of the lingering gloom in the priest—easy to mistake as a mask, but really, he just... likes the company. Trust is hard to find for someone like Rei, and Olivine is at least a little aware of it. Fingers flex as if to reach, to soothe on instinct, but he curtails that to gently take the letter, gaze turning to it.
Curiosity, a familiar hunger for answers sits there, followed by a shift of surprise. After all, he recognises that moniker... to a degree. There's a chance it, too, is referring to someone else, but...]
I'm happy to provide support in this, Rei. Whatever you may need. But—one moment.
[in case something happens to me is not a thought he's prepared to entertain right this second, though he understands why Rei says it that way. That's not what's stopping him though. That cause is his Watch, wherein it will be obvious that he's still a little clumsy with it. Getting to his messages is easy enough, but actually finding the damned link... once found though, he sends it to Rei's own messages.]
If it's the same J, then this might be helpful to you. I didn't read most of it, but if we're to believe what J says here, they were also a player like the rest of us, once.
[and if you take it at face value, that does also mean J is probably privy to whatever they say even here... and maybe more, really. Olivine isn't sure how much he believes, just yet.]