[ The way his ears flatten a bit, and his tail droops low, give the impression of embarrassment, even if he's quick to keep any hint of it off his face. ]
[ dextera shakes his head. he’s grateful that joshua’s ears betray more than his face does, since it tells him exactly how joshua is reacting to that kind of comment. he’s not the type to tease, but it stops him before he presses it anyway. ]
Worry about yourself, too. [ is that harsh? he tacks on a quick addition. ] Please.
[ dextera knows that joshua has probably been doing all of that already, if only for the safety of others over himself, but he doesn’t want his roommate to hurt himself over getting bit. ]
[ He nods. While he's still got a long way to go on the road of "thinking of himself as a person," he has, at least, internalized pretty well that people will be upset if anything too bad happens to him. ]
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I don't want us all to run you ragged.
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Worry about yourself, too. [ is that harsh? he tacks on a quick addition. ] Please.
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[ Just. They fall into completely different places on the priority list, that's all! ]
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Eat. Sleep. Try to fight it.
[ dextera knows that joshua has probably been doing all of that already, if only for the safety of others over himself, but he doesn’t want his roommate to hurt himself over getting bit. ]
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Okay.