The instructions seem to go in one ear and out the other, or perhaps he just is too hysterical at the start and needs to be allowed that before he can get a grip. Not that he should ride the panic all the way down. His fingers fist in short strands of the older man's hair near his neck, though he doesn't tug or pull.
"I-- can't. Cant- breathe." He chokes out between still too-fast breaths. And he can't stop sobbing, either, which is getting Klaus' shirt all wet, and makes him nearly choke on air as it tries to come into and leave his lungs in nearly the same second.
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"I-- can't. Cant- breathe." He chokes out between still too-fast breaths. And he can't stop sobbing, either, which is getting Klaus' shirt all wet, and makes him nearly choke on air as it tries to come into and leave his lungs in nearly the same second.