[when she doesn't recoil, doesn't withdraw from that small nudge of warmth, koby doesn't hold back either. the flicker builds, builds, becomes as fervent and bright as a ray of sun, less a hand on her arm and more an embrace -- but bigger, stronger, more encompassing. it's every embrace she's ever been denied, every comfort from father or mother, every hand that stilled silent instead of raising to smooth away her tears, to stroke her hair, to wrap around her and give her a safe place to crumble. it's an embrace given by someone who knows the hurt of such comfort being denied.
for an instant that ray of light is a thousand suns, is as bright as dragonfire, strong enough, that the windows around alicent shudder a little with the force of it, the lights burn a bit brighter, the air is warm and protective and thick with a power that koby himself doesn't quite know he possesses. and then it ebbs away, draining like water out of cupped palms.]
I'll be here, if you need me. No matter how troubled the times. If there's any other way I can help, please don't hesitate, okay?
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for an instant that ray of light is a thousand suns, is as bright as dragonfire, strong enough, that the windows around alicent shudder a little with the force of it, the lights burn a bit brighter, the air is warm and protective and thick with a power that koby himself doesn't quite know he possesses. and then it ebbs away, draining like water out of cupped palms.]
I'll be here, if you need me. No matter how troubled the times. If there's any other way I can help, please don't hesitate, okay?