[Salieri can't help but start at the hand--but then he sways slightly as Benjamin starts to sing, and maybe eventually just...ends up leaning back into him a little bit]
...perhaps...[that exhaustion is starting to feel bone-deep again, the sleep that he's been avoiding, unable to get more than a few hours, but with Benjamin's hand on his shoulder, it helps--it pulls him back from his intense almost manic focus]
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...perhaps...[that exhaustion is starting to feel bone-deep again, the sleep that he's been avoiding, unable to get more than a few hours, but with Benjamin's hand on his shoulder, it helps--it pulls him back from his intense almost manic focus]
I...perhaps you are right.