He stopped sobbing at once, dumbstruck by what he'd just heard (...although apparently not enough to stop him from reaching out for the tissues). Assuming what he'd just heard was true, it meant that he was actually free after thinking that he'd never be able to leave the place. He was alive, safe and sound with his dearest friends in a much better world...
1/2?
He stopped sobbing at once, dumbstruck by what he'd just heard (...although apparently not enough to stop him from reaching out for the tissues). Assuming what he'd just heard was true, it meant that he was actually free after thinking that he'd never be able to leave the place. He was alive, safe and sound with his dearest friends in a much better world...