[He's bracing himself for the figurative axe while Nick's quiet, as whatever answer is coming it's bound not to be an everything's fine.
However that first part blindsides him with a blunt slam to a pressure point. Knocks him stunned, drops into his hands, and leaves him there to process it floating.
Nick's actual question comes with a mental ripple out and then back in.]
-- Uhh - ...? [Voice sticks short of a first proper word. Smothers a cough and, again, largely breathes his answer out.] ...No. That - hadn't happened before.
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However that first part blindsides him with a blunt slam to a pressure point. Knocks him stunned, drops into his hands, and leaves him there to process it floating.
Nick's actual question comes with a mental ripple out and then back in.]
-- Uhh - ...? [Voice sticks short of a first proper word. Smothers a cough and, again, largely breathes his answer out.] ...No. That - hadn't happened before.
[Throaty to duck some of the stuck-ness.]