because himeka might not be seeing him at quite his best today — or even this week, or even since they met in some ways — so it'd be easy to dismiss his offer, wouldn't it? he spent so long playing at normal. and even when he's stopped, the regent subdued him in an instant. amos, ciel, misa — he must've been laughably easy to overcome, to them. and that rankles in a deep place, if not a place he's examining right here and right now.
so her sincerity soothes just as much as her magic, in some ways, where it would've been easy to accidentally raise his hackles. helps him relax that incremental amount more. and he nods as she lets the aether disappear, says, ]
I know you have. [ done her job. ] Thank you.
[ himeka's a good healer, and he was never injured so seriously, really. that hadn't been the point. and...he gazes follows her, down to his hands and the fairly squashed muffin in his hands. light, that's embarrassing. ]
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because himeka might not be seeing him at quite his best today — or even this week, or even since they met in some ways — so it'd be easy to dismiss his offer, wouldn't it? he spent so long playing at normal. and even when he's stopped, the regent subdued him in an instant. amos, ciel, misa — he must've been laughably easy to overcome, to them. and that rankles in a deep place, if not a place he's examining right here and right now.
so her sincerity soothes just as much as her magic, in some ways, where it would've been easy to accidentally raise his hackles. helps him relax that incremental amount more. and he nods as she lets the aether disappear, says, ]
I know you have. [ done her job. ] Thank you.
[ himeka's a good healer, and he was never injured so seriously, really. that hadn't been the point. and...he gazes follows her, down to his hands and the fairly squashed muffin in his hands. light, that's embarrassing. ]
...Yeah. That's a good idea.
[ soft wheeze. ]