Leonardo.
Our decision to take some time out to rest out at Casey's grandmother's farmhouse was based on several reasons; first and foremost being the opportunity to have a quiet, and peaceful place to recuperate from our injuries. I believed it was also important to get away from the lair for a while. It's our home of course but it's also full of memories, and I knew that sitting down there now after all that's happened wouldn't help. All and all it seemed like a good idea, but there was one rather large drawback about staying out at Casey's farmhouse. It's where Splinter is buried.
I had sensed Don's tension long before we even pulled up to the farmhouse. When the van pulled to a stop he helped us carry Raph up to the beds upstairs..and he stayed there.
He never once looked at Sensei's grave and I could tell that he was deliberately keeping from even looking in that direction.
Now for the past week he's kept a constant vigil at Raph's bedside, only leaving to eat or go to the bathroom. I can tell that he's trying to act normal, he's fiddling with a broken appliance of some sort and reading a science magazine April brought for him, and if we talk to him you can almost believe that nothing is wrong…almost. You can still see something in his eyes..and you can see the way he deliberately avoids looking out the window. He's going extremes to make us think he's over whatever was bothering him, he might even have himself convinced that he's over it..but I can tell that he isn't.
I know from experience that the longer you keep emotions inside, the stronger they become..and the more damage they do when they finally escape. Don is strong, and he can be stubborn when he puts his mind to it, I wonder how much longer he can keep it all inside and most importantly I wonder what will happen when he can't keep it in any longer..and it all comes out.