[ dextera hears the petulance, but without further insight into howl’s state of mind, he can only wonder what it means. his assumptions do take him in certain directions; the influence of knowing a baroque means that he attributes howl’s frightening body to the conflict inside. however, the logic any of those conclusions rest on is biased at best.
he cautiously reaches out with his free hand, and although there’s undeniably a tremble in his fingers and a twitch he can’t quite control, he wants to touch howl. ]
Okay. [ softly. ] I don’t want you to be. I didn’t want to hurt you.
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[ dextera hears the petulance, but without further insight into howl’s state of mind, he can only wonder what it means. his assumptions do take him in certain directions; the influence of knowing a baroque means that he attributes howl’s frightening body to the conflict inside. however, the logic any of those conclusions rest on is biased at best.
he cautiously reaches out with his free hand, and although there’s undeniably a tremble in his fingers and a twitch he can’t quite control, he wants to touch howl. ]
Okay. [ softly. ] I don’t want you to be. I didn’t want to hurt you.