[...that is something no one has ever said to him before. He's not really sure how to process it.
His smile does get a bit more genuine, though.]
Really, I'm fine. I just...forgot where I was for a bit, I guess.
[It's still so strange. He'd finally allowed himself to rest for the first time in weeks, was surrounded by his classmates in one of the safest places he knew, and then suddenly he was somewhere else. And everything's so calm here, so completely different from the functional war raging at home...maybe it shouldn't be so surprising that this place managed to lull him into thinking of it as normal so well.]
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His smile does get a bit more genuine, though.]
Really, I'm fine. I just...forgot where I was for a bit, I guess.
[It's still so strange. He'd finally allowed himself to rest for the first time in weeks, was surrounded by his classmates in one of the safest places he knew, and then suddenly he was somewhere else. And everything's so calm here, so completely different from the functional war raging at home...maybe it shouldn't be so surprising that this place managed to lull him into thinking of it as normal so well.]