[He does hold the other's gaze for as long as he can. This is possibly the single worst thing he has to tell Basil in this entire story- screw Mari's death, screw everything else, how do you tell someone 'you tried to murder someone you clearly adore so much'? Because he doesn't have the proper words for it.]

I... he is fine. He woke up. We even talked before I arrived here and I think that's the most open and close Sunny has been to us in the past four years.

[Three simple sentences, the only three Kel really heard: "I have to tell you something. I killed Mari, Basil helped me cover the entire thing.". So much for being closer, but Kel has to give hope to the idiots. He's the 'everything will be well' guy,
he has to be when one of the idiots is suicidal and the other seems just so fragile right now.]

Basil. [Pull the tooth away. Be honest. He holds the other closer, even if he's not sure this may help at all.] I'm going to be honest so after this I will need you to focus on me and breathe. [His brain is going so fast through all the list of calming exercises his brother taught him. Breathing stuff, asking to identify five items, smells and sounds around himself- fuck, why didn't he pay enough attention? he was still going to try.] What happened is that you two had a really bad fight. As I told you, you were both hospitalized.

[That's where he stops, to give Basil time to take in the blunt hit. Aubrey took it so poorly, he can't imagine how it'll hurt the other.]