（ there's a faint hm that gives away nothing of his opinion on the matter, and then he pats sasuke's cheek as he steps around him to that more vulnerable left side. he doesn't bother with pulling the chair around, just kneels at his side, calling the cane with the void to hand. ）
Good boy. （ is it a slip in the scene, a reward for good behaviour, or perhaps some awful mockery of what sasuke's lost — difficult to say, and nothing else gives it away. he snaps the cane against the piercing to get sasuke's attention, then: ）
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Good boy. （ is it a slip in the scene, a reward for good behaviour, or perhaps some awful mockery of what sasuke's lost — difficult to say, and nothing else gives it away. he snaps the cane against the piercing to get sasuke's attention, then: ）
Count for me. We're almost done.
（ — with this torment, at least. ）