[After a pause, he ends up huffing out a little chuckle, almost too soft to be more than a breath.]
I really don't think I can do anything about being so unscary it's scary. Like, if the tattoos and skulls don't do it...
[He trails off. Who ever mistook this kid for a Lucian? It's like he didn't even try for that Deadly Goth Warrior aesthetic.]
It's weird, but you're one of a really, really small number of things that don't scare me. Not at all. I mean, I know you could flash-fry me like a new recipe, but... I dunno. I guess it's like, because I understands the reasons why you might, it's not... not so terrible.
[For twenty years, the most frightening thing has always been what he didn't know. Possibilities, rather than reality. Unknown places, strangers' faces, the impenetrable dark. Codes yet unbroken.
He smiles crookedly up at her.]
Crazy, right? [He puts his head down, closing his eyes.] I guess I just feel like I've known you for a long time, even if it's really only been a few weeks. I've... never made a friend that fast.
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I really don't think I can do anything about being so unscary it's scary. Like, if the tattoos and skulls don't do it...
[He trails off. Who ever mistook this kid for a Lucian? It's like he didn't even try for that Deadly Goth Warrior aesthetic.]
It's weird, but you're one of a really, really small number of things that don't scare me. Not at all. I mean, I know you could flash-fry me like a new recipe, but... I dunno. I guess it's like, because I understands the reasons why you might, it's not... not so terrible.
[For twenty years, the most frightening thing has always been what he didn't know. Possibilities, rather than reality. Unknown places, strangers' faces, the impenetrable dark. Codes yet unbroken.
He smiles crookedly up at her.]
Crazy, right? [He puts his head down, closing his eyes.] I guess I just feel like I've known you for a long time, even if it's really only been a few weeks. I've... never made a friend that fast.