[yikes! he shrinks back a little, but his grip tightens before he lets go, as if to tell her not to worry. he's not letting go because of that. she'll get some nervousness and uncertainty in turn, as he hesitates before reaching into one of his giant sleeves and pulling something out.
it's a small human skull.]
No, they won't. [and, because they've been discussing horrible dead things:] Ah- I can explain, really! This isn't... well, actually, I don't know where it came from, but... I received it after working with two of the others last week. It's meant to protect me.
[that undercurrent of Anxiety is still there, because even if the beau he knows is good... if anything happened to her, if anything changed her, she'd know. he'd be in a lot of trouble, then.
but he has so little to offer to prove that he's willing to help; at least letting her know he has some measure of safety is something, when she's seemed worried.]
Yeah. [ heavy gay sigh ] She's real sweet, but she also doesn't take any fucking nonsense. She yelled at Jin Ling to stop trying to kick my ass and he listened, it was incredible.
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it's a small human skull.]
No, they won't. [and, because they've been discussing horrible dead things:] Ah- I can explain, really! This isn't... well, actually, I don't know where it came from, but... I received it after working with two of the others last week. It's meant to protect me.
[that undercurrent of Anxiety is still there, because even if the beau he knows is good... if anything happened to her, if anything changed her, she'd know. he'd be in a lot of trouble, then.
but he has so little to offer to prove that he's willing to help; at least letting her know he has some measure of safety is something, when she's seemed worried.]
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... Oh. [ she nods. ] Yeah. Yeah, we got a knife. Yours is better. [ she seems relieved! feels that way too. ]
Don't tell anybody else you have that. [ she's thinking along the same lines. ]
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oh, but speaking of him getting lucky. he pauses a moment before suddenly realizing-]
Oh-! It wasn't just me, though, young master Akira received the same thing... and since master Kim was with us, I think he did as well...?
[so they definitely know he has this, but now she knows they do, too.]
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Akira's good. I like Akira. [ she says inanely. she used all her brain power on making the connections between the lists. ] I think we can trust him.
I don't know about Kim. But. [ a beat. she grumbles: ] Brilith seems to like him.
[ is that jealousy no shut up ]
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[there's a little tension from him, there. something definitely makes him wary about babo kim.]
Young master Akira's all right, though, he's not... I really don't know.
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Kim's fucking weird. [ yep that's definitely jealousy. ]
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He really is... I don't think there's anything to be jealous of, miss Beau.
[beau is much better in his clearly informed opinion?]
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I'm -- not jealous! [ IS. IS JEALOUS ] She's not - I don't think she's into me anyway. Whatever.
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[he looks surprised, then a little contemplative.]
Well, she is rather pretty...
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[he sighs too, resigned, his shoulders slumping.]
-at least someone can get him to behave, even if it isn't me...
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