Pain

— #REMINDER: You are 226w6 :>

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The room was practically silent; only the constant sound of the keys and the occasional movement of some sheets on the desk could be heard.

226w6 had been working on Project Princess for hours. One screen after another displayed information, files, and project progress, as he continued reviewing everything without even taking a break.

Dolor had been watching him from across the room for a while. At first, he didn't say anything. He knew 226w6 was too focused to want any interruptions.

But after watching him go over the same documents again who knows how many times, she finally approached him and spoke to him.

— Pain: "How long have you been there?"

226w6 did not respond immediately. He continued working, apparently too busy to even look up.

Dolor sighed and leaned against the edge of the desk, glancing sideways at the pile of papers and files that had accumulated.

— Pain: "...Don't tell me you haven't rested yet."

There was a silence for a few minutes that indicated the answer was quite obvious. Pain looked at 226w6 worried and called him again in a more serious tone this time.

— Pain: "226w6… You've been on about this all day. Can you leave it for a while?" Pain looked back at the screen and added.
—Pain: "The project isn't going to disappear if you take a few minutes."

For a few moments, Pain simply stood there, waiting for some reaction. He didn't seem to be trying to stop him by force; he simply wanted 226w6 to understand that continuing like this wasn't going to make the job any faster.

— Pain: "Come on. Close that." Pain paused, seeing if there was a response, and when there wasn't, he added.
— Pain: "Come with me for a while. Then you can come back."