Tighnari, wordlessly, turns his back. He moves slowly and waits for Cyno to come after him, dragging his feet in the corridor and regretting his decision; though he knows it’s the right one, it feels horrifically wrong.

Cyno does not come. He should’ve known; the General Mahamatra holds the rules of the Akademiya above all things, even him.

When he makes it to the common room, door clicking shut, he lets himself cry.