The tension that gripped Koschei's body doubled at Kurt's last question, his eyes, rimmed with tears and filled with fear, shot open and up at the unfamiliar face. Confusion flooded him before he shook it off. This guy knew, and whoever he was, it was something. He didn't have to pretend.
"Make them stop..." Koschei choked out, squeezing his eyes shut once more against the tears that wanted to fall.