K starts to warm to the idea - until Jesus includes the stage, the audience, a performance in it. That's too much for him right now and he had unconsciously leaned forward a bit more but he draws back that short distance now.
"I'd try. With you," he says slowly, an uncertain glance at the stage himself and then back.
It feels like a failure of some kind to say, "But - not here? Today?" The spotlight isn't bright but it's bright enough, and the idea of all that attention on him feels like an invitation to have him singled out and shunned.
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Date: 2022-08-24 08:02 pm (UTC)"I'd try. With you," he says slowly, an uncertain glance at the stage himself and then back.
It feels like a failure of some kind to say, "But - not here? Today?" The spotlight isn't bright but it's bright enough, and the idea of all that attention on him feels like an invitation to have him singled out and shunned.