[ Sometimes your ears get turned to stone and then knocked off by an angry jinba, these things just happen.
There is a little bit of tension as Cerys makes a mad dash for him (or more accurately, his ears), his shoulders twitching upwards before relaxing again when the little girl starts petting his ears in a nice, normal fashion instead of trying to pull them off. It's—more than a little strange, admittedly, to have someone actively touching his ears after he's kept himself physically separate from others for so long, but the touch isn't unpleasant.
And if it brings her some amount of joy, then he doesn't mind so much. ]
It's fine.
[ Surely a little girl petting his ears is nothing compared to the far worse dangers he faces on a regular basis. ]
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There is a little bit of tension as Cerys makes a mad dash for him (or more accurately, his ears), his shoulders twitching upwards before relaxing again when the little girl starts petting his ears in a nice, normal fashion instead of trying to pull them off. It's—more than a little strange, admittedly, to have someone actively touching his ears after he's kept himself physically separate from others for so long, but the touch isn't unpleasant.
And if it brings her some amount of joy, then he doesn't mind so much. ]
It's fine.
[ Surely a little girl petting his ears is nothing compared to the far worse dangers he faces on a regular basis. ]
Have you managed to settle in at Achamoth?
[ This directed towards Barnaby. ]