After all, when he and Kisha awakened their abilities, there had been people there to wipe away their sweat and ease their discomfort. But Rakan had no one tending to him now, and Duke couldn't just let him endure it completely alone, so he was being a little nicer to Rakan now.
Perhaps it was because they were forcing Rakan's awakening instead of letting it happen naturally that he was suffering so much. After all, neither Kisha nor Duke had experienced pain like this during their own awakenings.
They had only fallen unconscious with a high fever, feeling as though molten magma flowed through their veins, yes, but nothing compared to what Rakan was enduring now.
Rakan was writhing on the ground, his body trembling uncontrollably in agony. Watching him like that, Duke could only think that the least he could do for the poor man was to keep him from being soaked by the melting ice water.
It wasn't much, but it was the only comfort Duke could offer amid Rakan's torment.
