[The angrier Richie gets, the more tense Kate becomes in kind, her breaths coming slowly, deliberately, like she's worried that the slightest change might set him off so she focuses on breathing in and out, her gaze never daring to shift from him.
She almost doesn't want to answer, considers reaching for his hand to try and anchor him but even Kate isn't about to risk being the thing that accidentally triggers an explosion.]
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She almost doesn't want to answer, considers reaching for his hand to try and anchor him but even Kate isn't about to risk being the thing that accidentally triggers an explosion.]
Suffering. [Swallowing hard.]