It only takes a few minutes for him to put his necklace back on and to check his messages. He's... okay, he'd been hoping, just a little, to find something there-- Jin sits down on his bed, then, and listens. He listens twice, actually, which is probably stupid, but he still does it. There's real concern in Asher's voice, 'redonkulous' aside, and he knows he'd told himself to not answer him, not to let anything about himself out when he's kept so carefully closed up, but--
Ugh.
Jin flops backward onto his bed and stares, glumly, at the ceiling.
And he turns on the audio.]
I'm fine.
[His tone's incredibly false. It's far too obvious that he's just saying this to assuage the not-quite-a-stranger who actually... cares, or something.]
kUNG.... JIGNLE
It only takes a few minutes for him to put his necklace back on and to check his messages. He's... okay, he'd been hoping, just a little, to find something there-- Jin sits down on his bed, then, and listens. He listens twice, actually, which is probably stupid, but he still does it. There's real concern in Asher's voice, 'redonkulous' aside, and he knows he'd told himself to not answer him, not to let anything about himself out when he's kept so carefully closed up, but--
Ugh.
Jin flops backward onto his bed and stares, glumly, at the ceiling.
And he turns on the audio.]
I'm fine.
[His tone's incredibly false. It's far too obvious that he's just saying this to assuage the not-quite-a-stranger who actually... cares, or something.]