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“What’s the worst of it, Collins, that you would be willing to share? It might help to say it out loud.”
He could feel the gentle pressure of Doctor Goodsir’s hand in the centre of his back. He couldn’t remember the last time someone touched him for any other reason than practicality and necessity, and Goodsir’s proximity was intoxicating for more than one reason.
“I’ve tried, Sir,” Henry responded, hands shaking. He had tried inasmuch as he had imagined it. He had whispered to himself, standing on deck at watch - Ever since I came back up from under the water I haven’t been right. Something down there rearranged me body and soul. I am so hungry, I am so hungry for things unspeakable and I cannot live with myself but I also fear I cannot die.