[ Jim feels what Zack's doing. He's silent as his arms wrap around him in a hug. It's what he needed, a stabilizing force while his mind swims. He can only remember feeling this terrible feeling twice before in his life, like the ground he's found to stand on has slipped away and left him floating.
You're stronger than you think.
Zack's right. Jim knows he is. Somehow they'd manage to carry on, the way they had after losing so many friends, but it would be such a fundamental change Jim - Jim, who can usually feel at least a few steps ahead even if he can't see them - dismisses it. Getting this far with Zack and losing him at the last ... it can't happen. ]
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You're stronger than you think.
Zack's right. Jim knows he is. Somehow they'd manage to carry on, the way they had after losing so many friends, but it would be such a fundamental change Jim - Jim, who can usually feel at least a few steps ahead even if he can't see them - dismisses it. Getting this far with Zack and losing him at the last ... it can't happen. ]
Then maybe I don't want to.