darkov: (new thing.)
4'10" OF RAW, CONCENTRATED ANXIETY ([personal profile] darkov) wrote in [personal profile] queenofseers 2019-04-23 10:17 pm (UTC)

[he looks up, thinking. Gracia, him, Adam...]

Ummm...fourth...and...fourth and fifth-youngest. I'm second, Adam's third... [he slowly nods.] Fourth and fifth. [blink.] Wait, no--I'm second, Adam's third...Danielle's fourth, then Ivan, then Adrian. Sorry. Fifth and sixth youngest. So...so Adrian's right in the middle of all twelve.

[it's not so much about feeling better as it is being distracted: having to recall and recount his family up does a good job of it.]

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