[But Richard doesn't stop laughing - can't stop laughing - because it really is so absurd that this is all he can think of to do. In the back of his mind he realizes that this isn't a normal or even rational reaction, but that thought is gone almost as soon as it appears. This whole thing is just too funny to him right now.
Except that gradually choked sobs begin to intermingle with the laughter until he's laughing and crying at the same time, and then he's flat-out sobbing and he can't stop that either, deep, shuddering sobs that wrack his entire body. He doesn't even care. He's too far past caring at this point, tired and miserable and overwhelmed.
Still sobbing, he just sinks to his knees on the floor and curls in on himself like a wounded animal, shaking and seemingly unaware that Isamu is even still there.]
[Action, Feb. 23]
Except that gradually choked sobs begin to intermingle with the laughter until he's laughing and crying at the same time, and then he's flat-out sobbing and he can't stop that either, deep, shuddering sobs that wrack his entire body. He doesn't even care. He's too far past caring at this point, tired and miserable and overwhelmed.
Still sobbing, he just sinks to his knees on the floor and curls in on himself like a wounded animal, shaking and seemingly unaware that Isamu is even still there.]