"Take me with you."
Blank begged and begged, but he was only pushed away and told to go back. Erik looked like all that energy and kindness was snapped out of his face....
And all that was left was that unbearable sadness and emptiness that he had within him for a long time.
Harker would often see that expression on his father. His sadness was really different from the others he had seen. It was like Howard and Erik were just born to lament over themselves and the world itself, and suffered misfortunes that just hit the final nail on the coffin.
Blank had that too, Harker thought. He had noticed it when they met, but he chose to deny its existence. After all, he could be seeing things that weren't there. Or more accurately…..
He just didn't want to see it on the person that supposedly saved him, the one he could rely on when he himself was in trouble.
