[He reaches out gently, to pull Rean up to sitting properly, where Gaius can pat his hair and wipe at his tears. Probably he shouldn't touch Rean after all this but he's more used to caring for little siblings than newbie coworkers so it's instinct.]
That man is gone. I'll see to it that no one hurts you, today.
[Even if it's only one day, that is very much not a promise he should be making. It's one he can keep, but it's also the reason he's not supposed to talk to newbies in the first place. But he's the one who greeted Rean, so he feels like it's his responsibility to keep him alive and relatively sane. Which is also why he's not supposed to talk to newbies.
Oh, well. He's already attached, so he'll just eat the consequences.]
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[He reaches out gently, to pull Rean up to sitting properly, where Gaius can pat his hair and wipe at his tears. Probably he shouldn't touch Rean after all this but he's more used to caring for little siblings than newbie coworkers so it's instinct.]
That man is gone. I'll see to it that no one hurts you, today.
[Even if it's only one day, that is very much not a promise he should be making. It's one he can keep, but it's also the reason he's not supposed to talk to newbies in the first place. But he's the one who greeted Rean, so he feels like it's his responsibility to keep him alive and relatively sane. Which is also why he's not supposed to talk to newbies.
Oh, well. He's already attached, so he'll just eat the consequences.]