[ dextera gasps when gen grabs his shirt, and for the first time since they started speaking, his purification falters. nothing happens immediately, but it is evident that he was doing something to the contents of the bag now that he’s ceased.
he tries to pull away from gen, but only with mild resistance. he could probably get away if he really put his weight into it, but the risk of falling on what he’s so carefully gathered is too great. not only would it implicate him to the city at large, with such a scene made, but it would also render all his efforts up to this point for naught. ]
…
[ although he shakes his head one last time, a desperately but firm rejection that gen wants to see this, he creeps his fingers into the mouth of the bag. he’ll open it if gen truly wants to know.
no subject
[ dextera gasps when gen grabs his shirt, and for the first time since they started speaking, his purification falters. nothing happens immediately, but it is evident that he was doing something to the contents of the bag now that he’s ceased.
he tries to pull away from gen, but only with mild resistance. he could probably get away if he really put his weight into it, but the risk of falling on what he’s so carefully gathered is too great. not only would it implicate him to the city at large, with such a scene made, but it would also render all his efforts up to this point for naught. ]
…
[ although he shakes his head one last time, a desperately but firm rejection that gen wants to see this, he creeps his fingers into the mouth of the bag. he’ll open it if gen truly wants to know.
but. ]