[It's surprising how little he feels threatened as she moves in like that. Not even a twitch of instinct to want to put up a guard; if anything, he relaxes a little because she has - she believes him, he's pretty damn sure she's not going to stab him, and he doesn't have to worry about the ifs right now.]
[He's trembling when she touches him, muscles worn completely out and shaking with the effort to keep him from being collapsed entirely in the dirt. There's a hitch in his lungs, and the palms of his hands are a little scraped up from the sand, but he's otherwise unhurt. But his chakra's a flicker at best, and his heart is thrumming.]
Easy to forget a limit you've never had before, [he responds by way of agreement. And a bit of an excuse even if he knows what he did was outright stupid.]
SHOCKER also pretend I didn't screw up order of events oops
[He's trembling when she touches him, muscles worn completely out and shaking with the effort to keep him from being collapsed entirely in the dirt. There's a hitch in his lungs, and the palms of his hands are a little scraped up from the sand, but he's otherwise unhurt. But his chakra's a flicker at best, and his heart is thrumming.]
Easy to forget a limit you've never had before, [he responds by way of agreement. And a bit of an excuse even if he knows what he did was outright stupid.]