[there's a little, choking sound that comes from being acknowledged - a beat of humiliation bubbling up through the mounting dread and alarm. helping others in distress is his job, but having it the other way around feels rotten and wrong. this isn't the kind of man he's supposed to be!
obviously not: look at what's happened. and he can't undo it.
Manabu ducks his head, grasping and pulling at his ears. it's painful, makes him wince, but he does it anyway on the mad off-chance they'd just go away if he tried. but that's stupid and he knows it, so more's the dismay that comes out of his throat when he does anyway.]
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obviously not: look at what's happened. and he can't undo it.
Manabu ducks his head, grasping and pulling at his ears. it's painful, makes him wince, but he does it anyway on the mad off-chance they'd just go away if he tried. but that's stupid and he knows it, so more's the dismay that comes out of his throat when he does anyway.]