[In Person]

[bestamontillado]

[There is, currently, a ten year old, dressed a little "odd" (late 1800's), hiding wedged in behind books on a lower bookshelf in the study. He'd be doing a very good job of hiding, or at least it looking like there's nothing there, except for one problem.]

[That problem would be that the walls are bleeding. And occasionally sprouting eyes and blinking.]

[The problem extends out to the door and the hall immediately around the doorframe, and there's a constant, quiet sound of voices that can't quite be made out that seem to be coming from the bookshelves of the study.]

[Anybody psychic/with extra senses, the bleeding and all is kind of oozing that it's coming from someone, and there's a lot of panic coming from it.]

[Welcome to Spade's childhood! :D]

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[movingforces]

It's a way of calming yourself, focusing your mind, and... in my case, and the case of many people like me from my home, a way of controlling power.

If you come out, I can show you how- and likely help contain all of this- a bit. [Once again, she's using a hand to indicate what she means.]

[bestamontillado]

[On the one hand, it's another step towards breaking down and accepting that yes, it has been him all along.]

[On the other hand... the walls not bleeding would be nice, and he's not any better off staying in the bookshelf.]

[So he's going to be very cautiously pushing a few of the books out to slink out of his hiding place into the open, sitting scrunched up on the ground in front of it.]

[movingforces]

[Tris smiles faintly, pitching her voice to what she learned was the 'teacher voice', something that seemed to cross languages, something even Keth had responded to on an immediate basis.] Close your eyes, and focus on your breath.

Breathe in deep, to the count of seven.

[bestamontillado]

[There is a part of Spade's personality that would be a much more visible problem later that is making a nuisance of itself now.]

[That problem is that he's actually fairly good at focusing on something consciously and having at least his surface processes be perfectly rational, while shoving away and ignoring a lot of what's going on behind it that's actually causing problems. It means he's usually fairly good at responding to high-pressure situations when he's older, sure, but it also means that there's a tendency to bottle and be damn good at faking calm and fine under a layer of apparent focus.]

[Which is probably why, while he's managing to focus on that breath - although holding it at the end probably isn't a good idea - and yes, the blood running down the walls is slowing down and there's less of it - there's also now a small, living carpet of black spiders in a small circle around him.]