Laharl squeezed his eyes closed. "H-how am I meant to deal with them? Especially when I can't DO anything? H-how am I..." he cut off, clenching his teeth a little with a sound of pain.

Talking about this was hard, when he was only barely holding himself together. This wasn't how he was used to dealing with emotions and he didn't even know what to do when it was things like this. When things bothered him he got angry! He blew things up! Or he'd ignore them, pretend they didn't exist. Deny them! That's how he dealt with emotions. This? This was different. They were just so strong and he was hurting. He felt the need for emotional release, but locked up down here was keeping him from it. What was he meant to do? Talk about it? Cry? Those weren't that easy to do! Not for him.