[He swallows, looking -- more than chastised. He looks nervous, actually. A little frightened, a little hurt, like he's only just now realizing the scope of the consequences of his actions.
(He isn't. He's known for a while and been willing to take the risk. But Cyrus doesn't need to know how calculated his breakdown was. Or that Stephen is thinking, even now, about how much resistance he needs to put up to be believable.)]
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(He isn't. He's known for a while and been willing to take the risk. But Cyrus doesn't need to know how calculated his breakdown was. Or that Stephen is thinking, even now, about how much resistance he needs to put up to be believable.)]
....oh, god. You're serious.