[There comes an overwhelming wash of despair, of sadness, that Rex contains within his body. He stiffens his shoulders and straightens his neck, hand going slack in Lumen's grasp, in the futile hope that the staunch lack of curvature in his shoulders will give away how dejected he feels.
No, whatever it was between them isn't... What he had hoped for, sure, but it was an escape for a time. Something that wasn't sitting at home alone in the dark, wondering if his desire to amount to something more would be thwarted forever.]
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No, whatever it was between them isn't... What he had hoped for, sure, but it was an escape for a time. Something that wasn't sitting at home alone in the dark, wondering if his desire to amount to something more would be thwarted forever.]
But not here?
[Reluctantly, he adds:]
Then where do I go?