[ Hien has no pride about not wanting others to see him cry. He always encourages it as a form of catharsis to other people, but he doesn't cry much himself. He's cried enough in his early years of being an Overseer to the point that he sometimes wondered to himself if his tears have dried up, which doesn't make sense physically, but it looks like he's still capable.
He wipes the tears from his face with his sleeve and keeps eating. He quietly cries some more. ]
well, hien didn't want to talk about whatever was bothering him, so lucien feels like he should probably shouldn't acknowledge the crying directly? or rather, that there's no way to that doesn't essentially boil down to asking what happened...
so instead he will just sit down next to hien and gently rub circles on the back of his shoulder, since hien seemed to like physical comfort.]
[ Hien finds that action very comforting. Thank you, Lucien. He eventually finishes eating what Lucien cooked for him in small bites that he could savor them much longer comparing to going through it like a paper shredder. After that, he wipes his tears off his face again and leans against Lucien's shoulder.
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